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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 July 2026.

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

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 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 $288 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$107 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$229 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $58 to $708Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $83 to $309
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $288professional $155

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$155

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.