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Implanted Port And Line In A Young Child

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36570

A long, thin catheter is placed into a vein in a limb, in the arm or in the leg depending on which vein suits the child, and threaded up so its tip sits in a large vein near the heart. It is connected to a small chamber tucked under the skin, which a needle can reach through the skin for repeated treatments. This version is for a child under five, and nothing protrudes from the body between treatments.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implanted Port And Line In A Young Child cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,259$589 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$1,622 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,715Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $1,259

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Alabama· 29th of 51

$1,479

AK $3,548NE $617

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.