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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 October 2026.

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

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $166 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$132$93.33 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$141 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $95 to $251Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $72 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $166professional $132

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
10 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
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$58.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$87.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.75

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 5th of 51

$148

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.