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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Virginia 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 8 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$64.57 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$83.18 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $60 to $8,318Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $59 to $170
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $200professional $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
$64.57
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$223.87
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 45th of 51

$91.20

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.