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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 July 2026.

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

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$105$91.20 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$91.20 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $89 to $170Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $58 to $282
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $148professional $105

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 26th of 51

$105

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.