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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Washington, DC 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?

$110

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $64.57 to $550.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $65 to $7,762Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $65 to $245
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $110

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
$64.57
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 19th of 51

$110

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.