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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

New Mexico 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$97.72$72.44 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$200 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,318Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $55 to $166
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $245professional $98

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$120.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 28th of 51

$105

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.