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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Maine 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?

$7,789

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$871$437 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$5,495 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $14,791Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,660
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $6,918professional $871

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
$4,466.84
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,791.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Maine 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

Maine· 11th of 51

$7,789

$871 physician + $6,918 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.