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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Nebraska 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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$1,175$708 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$6,026 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $1,175

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$1,950

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.