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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

South 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $8,710 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$776$525 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,710$1,698 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $550 to $20,417Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,738
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,710professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$1,259

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.