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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Kentucky 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $112 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$83.18$50.12 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$70.79 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $54 to $1,148Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $47 to $155
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $112professional $83

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
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.88

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$85.11

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.