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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Pennsylvania 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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$91.20$60.26 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$562 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $102 to $8,318Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $58 to $162
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,981professional $91

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
$102.33
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$194.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$173.78

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in California than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Pennsylvania $95.50 · 35th of 51
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.