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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 July 2026.

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

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$112$81.28 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$87.10 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $52 to $5,248Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $52 to $257
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $195professional $112

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
$52.48
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$234.42
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$115

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.