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Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

Florida 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$9.12 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$37.15 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $30 to $501Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28
$10$100$1Kfacility $58professional $14

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
$7.24
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.05
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$27.54
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
4 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
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.86

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 29th of 51

$18.20

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.