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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

South Dakota 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?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 7 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$1,230$661 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$955 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $1,230

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
$371.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 43rd of 51

$1,230

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.