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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Georgia 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 6 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$95.50$74.13 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$174 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $93 to $7,244Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $59 to $209
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $95

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
$87.10
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$269.15

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 27th of 51

$102

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.