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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

New Mexico 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?

$4,307

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,307 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,072$479 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,698 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $589 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $1,072

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
$562.34
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 40th of 51

$4,307

$1,072 physician + $3,236 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.