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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

Virginia 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?

$5,243

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,243 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$977$417 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,318 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,333Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $977

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
$616.60
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 34th of 51

$5,243

$977 physician + $4,266 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.