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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Montana 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?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$646 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$661 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,692
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,042professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 18th of 51

$1,514

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.