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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36561

A small device, called a port, is surgically placed under the skin of the chest and connected by a tunneled catheter into a large vein, giving long-term, repeatable access for treatments such as chemotherapy or other IV therapy. The port sits entirely under the skin between uses and is accessed with a needle through the skin when needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access cost?

$10,917

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,917 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$741 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$3,020 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,129
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $1,585

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
$3,801.89
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 1st of 51

$10,917

$1,585 physician + $9,333 facility

AK $10,917MT $2,671

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.