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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36510

This procedure places a small tube into a vein in a newborn's umbilical cord stump to give fluids, medications, or draw blood, or to perform other treatments. It uses a natural access point available only in the first days after birth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn) cost?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$214$97.72 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$89.13 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $60 to $676Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $62 to $468
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $145professional $214

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
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$575.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$489.78

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$214

CA $1,122RI $75.86

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.