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Arm-Placed Port For Long-Term IV Access

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36571

Places a long, thin tube into a vein in the arm and threads it so its tip sits in a large vein near the heart, with the other end joined to a small chamber tucked under the skin of the arm. Medicines, fluids and blood draws then go through a needle inserted into that chamber, avoiding repeated vein sticks. This version is used in older children and adults.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Arm-Placed Port For Long-Term IV Access cost?

$2,968

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,968 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$447 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,259 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $1,148

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
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Alabama· 44th of 50

$2,968

$1,148 physician + $1,820 facility

IN $10,380MD $1,963

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.