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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

North Carolina 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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$501 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$1,288 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,398.83
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$1,288

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.