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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Alabama 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?

$3,754

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,754 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$457 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,259 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $1,000

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
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 47th of 51

$3,754

$1,000 physician + $2,754 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.