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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Arkansas 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?

$95.50

Typical physician fee. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 to $166.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $83 to $2,042Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $50 to $178
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $79

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
$66.07
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$194.98

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 39th of 51

$95.50

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.