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Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

Illinois 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $107 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$18.62$12.59 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$19.95 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $10 to $251Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200facility $107professional $19

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
$9.55
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$29.51
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$60.26
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$22.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$32.36
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
$4.79
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.00

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$19.05

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.