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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 July 2026.

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

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 5 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$1,202$525 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,089 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,630
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,467professional $1,202

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
$794.33
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,290.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 21st of 51

$1,445

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.