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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Rhode Island 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?

$851

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $2,042.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $9,772Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $851

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
$2,951.21
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Hawaii 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.

Rhode Island· 50th of 51

$851

HI $2,512MT $851

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.