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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 July 2026.

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

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 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 $933 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$97.72$64.57 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$100 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $78 to $5,623Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $58 to $182
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $933professional $98

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
$61.66
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$501.19
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$112.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 30th of 51

$100

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.