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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Oregon 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 8 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$135$95.50 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$132 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $95 to $224Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $69 to $275
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $162professional $135

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
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$173.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 7th of 51

$141

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.