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Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

Nebraska 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$14.79$11.75 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$9.33 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $31Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $38
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $12professional $15

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
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$43.65

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 51st of 51

$14.45

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.