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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Montana 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?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$89.13$79.43 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$77.62 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $78 to $174Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $55 to $148
$100$200$500facility $98professional $89

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 46th of 51

$89.13

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.