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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Idaho 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?

$6,754

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,754 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$1,000$447 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,548 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $1,000

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
$1,513.56
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,471.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 21st of 51

$6,754

$1,000 physician + $5,754 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.