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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 October 2026.

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

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$95.50 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,148Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $60 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $148professional $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
$66.07
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
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
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.77

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 33rd of 51

$100

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.