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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 July 2026.

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

$89.13

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $64.57 to $110.

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 $129 · 10th to 90th $129 to $129Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $55 to $166
$50$100$200$500facility $129professional $89

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$177.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$194.98
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$89.13

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.