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Replacing The Tubing Of An Implanted Port

Nevada 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?

$2,675

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,675 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$437$240 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,622 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $794 to $10,000Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $209 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $437

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
$223.87
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
6 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
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$346.74

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 25th of 51

$2,675

$437 physician + $2,239 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.