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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Virginia 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?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,122$447 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$1,445 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $501 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $1,122

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
$741.31
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$1,230

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.