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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

South Dakota 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$97.72 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$126 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $89 to $240Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $72 to $234
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $129professional $138

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
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$218.78
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
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.77

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 10th of 51

$135

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.