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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Oklahoma 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?

$5,898

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,898 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$1,000$427 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,698 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,000

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,412.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,918.31
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
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 28th of 51

$5,898

$1,000 physician + $4,898 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.