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Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

Arizona 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 July 2026.

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

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.38$9.77 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$14.79 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $10 to $72Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $41
$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $17

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.12

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in California. 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.

Arizona· 34th of 51

$17.78

AK $45.71CA $13.18

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.