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Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

Rhode Island 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?

$14.13

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11.48 to $21.38.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $24
$10$20professional $14

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$29.51

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 48th of 51

$14.13

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.