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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Utah 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?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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$525 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$1,820 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $525 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $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
$524.81
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,570.40
7 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
$263.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,125.38

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 18th of 51

$1,514

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.