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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Iowa 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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 7 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$135$83.18 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$138 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $83 to $7,943Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $58 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $135

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
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$141

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.