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Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

New Jersey 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 July 2026.

How much does Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein cost?

$16.22

Typical physician fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9.55 to $20.42.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30
$10$20$50facility $15professional $16

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$41.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$30.20
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$32.36

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in California. 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.

New Jersey· 44th of 51

$16.22

AK $45.71CA $13.18

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.