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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 October 2026.

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

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,288$437 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,230 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $794 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $209 to $2,188
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,288

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
$524.81
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 32nd 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.