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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 October 2026.

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

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$138 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$417 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $200 to $12,023Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $72 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $214

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$537.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Wisconsin than in Florida. 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

$229

WI $282FL $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.