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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

New Jersey 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?

$95.50

Typical physician fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $60.26 to $151.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $110 to $11,749Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $51 to $214
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $6,026professional $91

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
$109.65
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$213.80
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$190.55

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in California than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Jersey $95.50 · 40th of 51
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.