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Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

North Dakota 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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$20.42$16.60 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$8.91 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $44
$10$20$50facility $17professional $20

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
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$37.15
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.70

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 25th of 51

$18.62

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.