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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 October 2026.

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

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$112$72.44 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$117 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $81 to $4,266Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $60 to $209
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $174professional $112

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
$60.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$281.84
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
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.00

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 22nd of 51

$112

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.