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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Arkansas 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?

$3,388

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$933$407 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,413 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,169Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $933

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
$794.33
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 50th of 51

$3,388

$933 physician + $2,455 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.