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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Ohio 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?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$85.11$61.66 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$158 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $98 to $12,023Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $55 to $174
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $741professional $85

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
$93.33
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$173.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$162.18
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$218.78
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
$28.84
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.96

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 48th of 51

$89.13

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.