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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Rhode Island 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?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$513 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,413 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $813 to $6,918Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $891

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,344.23
3 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
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$1,349

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.