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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Tennessee 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,288$562 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,549 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$338.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 10th of 51

$1,738

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.