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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Nebraska 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?

$8,674

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,674 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$562 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$4,677 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $11,482Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $302 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $912

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
$1,819.70
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,248.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
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
$1,288.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,041.74
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$8,674

$912 physician + $7,762 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.