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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Colorado 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$75.86 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$257 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $145 to $3,162Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $62 to $178
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $708professional $102

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
$100.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$186.21
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
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
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.00

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$115

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.