CPT code 36510: Umbilical catheter, newborn diagnosis or therapy2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Merced, CA

In Merced, CA, Medicare pays $90.34 for 36510 in the office and $45.31 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 36510 covers

A clinician places a catheter through the umbilical vein of a newborn to obtain vascular access for diagnosis or treatment. The service is typically performed in a hospital newborn or neonatal intensive care setting, such as when a newborn needs access for medication, fluids, blood sampling, or other indicated therapy. The report should identify the newborn, the umbilical venous route, the reason for catheterization, and the procedure performed.

This code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures, including this one when lower-valued, are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Merced, CA compares for 36510

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 36510 runs from $78.21 in Arkansas to $110.39 in San Benito County, CA. Merced, CA pays $90.34. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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36510 rates by state

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How the 36510 rate is calculated

Each of 36510’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 36510

The CMS indicators that decide how 36510 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 36510

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 36510 has changed in Merced, CA

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Where the Merced, CA rate applies

Merced, CA is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 24 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Merced
• Atwater
• Ballico
• Bear Creek
• Cressey
• Delhi
• Dos Palos
• Dos Palos Y

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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