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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Michigan 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?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 5 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$851$490 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$4,074 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $13,490Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $851

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 45th of 51

$1,202

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.