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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

New Hampshire 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $417 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$115$87.10 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$219 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $100 to $9,772Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $54 to $219
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $417professional $115

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
$100.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 14th of 51

$117

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.