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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

North Dakota 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?

$6,108

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,108 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$575 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,096 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $347 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $5,012professional $1,096

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
$346.74
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 26th of 51

$6,108

$1,096 physician + $5,012 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.