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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

South Carolina 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$85.11$72.44 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$115 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $76 to $2,344Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $62 to $141
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $447professional $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
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$234.42
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
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.75

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$91.20

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.