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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 July 2026.

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

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 9 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 $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$646 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $85 to $7,413Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $59 to $234
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$67.61
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$251.19
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$288.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$162.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$234.42
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$245.47
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17

Where New York 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 York· 8th of 51

$132

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.