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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Maryland rates for HCPCS 36560

This procedure places a small device called a port entirely under the skin, usually in the chest, connected to a tube that runs into a large vein near the heart. It gives repeated access to the bloodstream for treatments such as chemotherapy or long-term medication without needing a new needle stick into a vein each time. This version is used for patients younger than age five.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5 cost?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,259$479 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$447 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $1,259

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in California than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$1,259

CA $3,981RI $776

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.