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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Idaho 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$112$91.20 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$151 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $91 to $708Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $72 to $182
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $229professional $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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
18 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
$33.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$131.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$52.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.30

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 9th of 51

$135

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.