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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Kansas 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?

$4,757

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,757 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$776$468 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,950 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,511Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $776

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
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 36th of 51

$4,757

$776 physician + $3,981 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.