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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Kansas 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$91.20 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$145 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $83 to $2,692Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $76 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $347professional $129

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
$147.91
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
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
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$14.79

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 6th of 51

$145

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.