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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Louisiana 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?

$3,654

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,654 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$1,023$468 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,230 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,023

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
$489.78
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 48th of 51

$3,654

$1,023 physician + $2,630 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.