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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Iowa 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?

$6,020

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,020 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$1,122$501 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,020 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $309 to $5,248
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,122

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
$933.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$12,589.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,019.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 27th of 51

$6,020

$1,122 physician + $4,898 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.