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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Mississippi 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?

$4,467

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$1,000$372 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,820 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,000

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
$758.58
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,818.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 37th of 51

$4,467

$1,000 physician + $3,467 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.