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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Montana 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?

$2,671

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$851$363 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$603 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $562 to $9,120Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $309 to $4,898
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $851

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
$2,570.40
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,513.56
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$2,671

$851 physician + $1,820 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.