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Difficult Blood Draw in a Young Child, Other Vein

Virginia 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.98$10.47 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$9.77 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $4,571Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $14professional $17

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
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.92
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$29.51
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$2.29

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$16.98

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.