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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Delaware 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?

$7,458

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,458 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$398 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$1,349 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $398 to $10,965Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $851

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
$398.11
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,621.81
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 15th of 51

$7,458

$851 physician + $6,607 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.