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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 July 2026.

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

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $186 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$95.50$72.44 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$91.20 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $71 to $2,089Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $54 to $282
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $186professional $95

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
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$72.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 38th of 51

$95.50

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.