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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Vermont 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?

$1,288

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $1,585.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $1,288

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 37th of 51

$1,288

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.