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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 July 2026.

How much does Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5 cost?

$776

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $1,585.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $9,550Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $776

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 51st of 51

$776

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.