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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Illinois 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?

$5,805

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,805 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$417 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$1,820 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $10,000Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,042
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $676

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
$79.43
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,137.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,495.41
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 30th of 51

$5,805

$676 physician + $5,129 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.