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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

North Carolina 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$138$89.13 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$97.72 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,288Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $72 to $269
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $145professional $138

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
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$32.36

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 8th of 51

$138

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.