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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

South Dakota 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?

$6,740

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,740 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$851$316 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,818 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,128Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $302 to $5,370
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $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
$2,630.27
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,585.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 22nd of 51

$6,740

$851 physician + $5,888 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.