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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 October 2026.

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

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$97.72$75.86 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$501 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $501 to $708Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $59 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $98

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
10 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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.59

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 37th of 51

$97.72

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.