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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Illinois 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $646 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$97.72$77.62 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$224 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,818Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $56 to $182
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $98

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
$61.66
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$363.08
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$112.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97
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
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.77

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$100

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.