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Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

Louisiana 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $4.07 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.38$12.30 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.07$2.00 to $6.03

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $12Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $31
$1$2$5$10$20facility $4professional $17

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
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.29
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$31.62

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 49th of 51

$15.49

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.