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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Indiana 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?

$8,532

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,532 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$380 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$3,090 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $16,982Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $589

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
$524.81
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,290.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 5th of 51

$8,532

$589 physician + $7,943 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.