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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 July 2026.

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

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$91.20 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,981 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $162 to $10,471Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $59 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $129

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
$162.18
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$302.00
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$234.42

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 9th of 51

$132

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.