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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Florida 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?

$7,328

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,328 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$417 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$4,169 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $13,804Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,455
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $871

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
$1,000.00
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,884.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Florida 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

Florida· 18th of 51

$7,328

$871 physician + $6,457 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.