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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

New Jersey 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?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,122$389 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,188 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,122

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
$389.05
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,238.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,748.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
6 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
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 24th of 51

$1,413

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.