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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Maryland 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?

$91.20

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $63.10 to $145.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $69 to $661Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $52 to $162
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $174professional $85

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$158.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
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
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.96

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 44th of 51

$91.20

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.