go back

Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

New Hampshire 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?

$3,953

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,953 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$603 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,318 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,550Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,512
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $933

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
$389.05
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,630.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 43rd of 51

$3,953

$933 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.