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Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36406

A blood draw performed on a child younger than three years old that requires the specific skill of a physician or other qualified clinician because of how difficult the draw is, using a vein other than the standard neck, groin, or scalp veins typically reserved for the hardest cases. It applies when a routine blood draw is not feasible and specialized technique is needed to access a vein safely in a very young child. It reflects the added skill required, not a routine, easily performed draw.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$37.15$24.55 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$50.12 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $30 to $135Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $15 to $95
$10$20$50$100facility $71professional $37

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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$53.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$134.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$114.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$97.72

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$42.66

WI $46.77NE $14.45

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.