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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

New York 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$77.62$66.07 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$955 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $355 to $5,012Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $58 to $162
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $78

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$147.91
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$186.21
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$263.03
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48

Where New York 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 York· 50th of 51

$81.28

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.