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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Maryland 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?

$4,045

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,045 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$955$407 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$977 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $407 to $5,623Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,548
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $955

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
$407.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,548.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$4,045

$955 physician + $3,090 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.