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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Connecticut 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?

$8,788

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,788 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$1,202$550 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$5,248 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $1,202

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
$4,466.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,244.36
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$8,788

$1,202 physician + $7,586 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.