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Placement Of A Long-Term Chest Port For IV Access

West 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?

$7,952

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,952 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$372 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$4,786 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $676 to $16,218Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $708

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
$676.08
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,943.28
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,218.10
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where West 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

West Virginia· 9th of 51

$7,952

$708 physician + $7,244 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.