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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Georgia 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?

$5,388

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,388 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$1,023$513 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,239 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,023

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
$977.24
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,691.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,570.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,677.35
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 33rd of 51

$5,388

$1,023 physician + $4,365 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.