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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

South Carolina 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?

$7,350

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$589$380 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,455 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $525 to $14,125Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,818
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $589

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
$467.74
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 17th of 51

$7,350

$589 physician + $6,761 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.