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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Arizona 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?

$5,774

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,774 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$1,096$417 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$3,236 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $1,096

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,630.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 31st of 51

$5,774

$1,096 physician + $4,677 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.