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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Minnesota 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?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 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 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$1,514$851 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,388 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,981
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,514

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
$398.11
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,332.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$1,698

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.