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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Massachusetts 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 8 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$105$63.10 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$58.88 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $59 to $3,715Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $55 to $240
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $83professional $105

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
$38.02
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$338.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$218.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$239.88

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$105

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.