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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Utah 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 7 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$95.50$77.62 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$155 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $91 to $4,571Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $59 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $95

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
$91.20
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 13th of 51

$117

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.