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Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

New Mexico 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$13.18 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$12.59 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $12 to $69,183Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $47
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $24professional $18

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56,234.13
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$81,283.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 36th of 51

$17.78

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.