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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Nevada 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?

$3,889

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,889 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$1,318$468 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$2,239 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $363 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $1,318

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
$380.19
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,248.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 45th of 51

$3,889

$1,318 physician + $2,570 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.