go back

Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

Delaware 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?

$19.05

Typical physician fee. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $10.72 to $22.91.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $9Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $50
$10$20$50facility $9professional $19

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$19.05
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 19th of 51

$19.05

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.