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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

West 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 July 2026.

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

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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 4 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$977$427 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$398 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,738Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $977

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
$398.11
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 50th of 51

$1,047

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.