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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Michigan 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $316 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$100$72.44 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$195 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $112 to $692Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $66 to $151
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $316professional $100

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
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$147.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$147.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$57.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$87.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.48
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 27th of 51

$107

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.