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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Missouri 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$95.50$77.62 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$145 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $76 to $4,365Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $59 to $263
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $380professional $95

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
$89.13
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
5 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
$27.54
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.96

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 31st of 51

$102

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.