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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Colorado 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?

$7,406

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,406 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$407 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$3,236 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,698
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $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
$954.99
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,949.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 16th of 51

$7,406

$1,096 physician + $6,310 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.