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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Missouri 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?

$3,582

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$407 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,318 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,762Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $562

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
$691.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 49th of 51

$3,582

$562 physician + $3,020 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.