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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Arizona 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$91.20$58.88 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$138 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $74 to $2,344Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $55 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $91

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
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
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.33

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 25th of 51

$110

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.