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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 October 2026.

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

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$126$81.28 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$58.88 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $50 to $2,399Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $58 to $372
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $95professional $126

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
$63.10
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$141.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,344.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,344.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$316.23
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$81.28
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
$19.05
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$16.60

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 16th of 51

$120

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.