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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 October 2026.

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

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 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$1,259$851 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,622 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,399Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,259

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
$371.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,912.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,951.21
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,187.76
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,715.35
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
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
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$954.99

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 11th of 51

$1,622

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.