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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

New Jersey 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?

$7,630

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,630 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$380 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$4,786 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $1,023

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
$1,548.82
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,168.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$11,748.98
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,398.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$16,595.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 12th of 51

$7,630

$1,023 physician + $6,607 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.