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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 October 2026.

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

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 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 $85.11 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$97.72$79.43 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$85.11 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,096Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $60 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $85professional $98

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$165.96
5 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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.49

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 35th of 51

$97.72

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.