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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Utah 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?

$7,607

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,607 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$1,000$316 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$4,169 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $724 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $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
$724.44
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,248.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,332.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Utah 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

Utah· 13th of 51

$7,607

$1,000 physician + $6,607 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.