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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Alabama 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 4 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$97.72$81.28 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$100 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,622Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $54 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $324professional $98

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$165.96

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$97.72

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.