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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 October 2026.

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

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$912$562 to $1,622
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,698 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,677Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $912

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
13 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$831.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$331.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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· 37th of 51

$1,318

AK $3,020NE $692

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.