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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Florida 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 8 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$72.44$57.54 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,230 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $129 to $12,023Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $48 to $162
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $72

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
$75.86
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$165.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$177.83
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$89.13

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 49th of 51

$83.18

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.