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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Connecticut 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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$117$85.11 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$603 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $288 to $7,762Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $68 to $219
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $117

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
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$302.00
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
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
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$14.13

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 11th of 51

$132

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.