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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Oregon 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?

$7,942

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,942 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$513 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$1,820 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,162
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $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
$1,819.70
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,630.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,630.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,630.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 10th of 51

$7,942

$1,023 physician + $6,918 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.