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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Indiana 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 5 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$87.10$63.10 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$75.86 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $59 to $4,898Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $58 to $132
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $141professional $87

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
$58.88
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 44th of 51

$91.20

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.