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Arm-Placed Port For Long-Term IV Access

North Carolina 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?

$2,910

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,910 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$380 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$1,047 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $372 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $1,288

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
$407.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 45th of 50

$2,910

$1,288 physician + $1,622 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.