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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Minnesota 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $182 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$155$102 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$97.72 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $59 to $676Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $81 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $182professional $155

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
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$155

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.