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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Maine 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?

$95.50

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $69.18 to $126.

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

Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $56 to $141
$50$100$200professional $95

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$194.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 37th of 51

$95.50

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.