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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 October 2026.

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

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$87.10$61.66 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$107 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $65 to $4,365Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $52 to $148
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $501professional $87

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
$64.57
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
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
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.96

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd 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.