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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Michigan 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?

$5,606

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,606 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$708$437 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,162 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $8,511Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,585
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $708

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
$1,258.93
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$5,606

$708 physician + $4,898 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.