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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 July 2026.

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

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 6 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$89.13$74.13 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$102 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $74 to $21,878Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $52 to $209
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $132professional $89

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
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$234.42

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$95.50

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.