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Replacing The Tubing Of An Implanted Port

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36578

Replaces the catheter, the thin tube running from an implanted port or pump into a large vein, while the port or pump itself stays in place under the skin. It is done when the tubing is blocked, split, or has pulled out of position.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Replacing The Tubing Of An Implanted Port cost?

$5,170

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,170 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$1,096$692 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,570 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,239
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $1,096

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,235.94
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,754.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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

Alaska· 4th of 51

$5,170

$1,096 physician + $4,074 facility

CO $7,086ND $980

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.