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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

36400 Venipuncture Medicare reimbursement rates in Virginia

Reports skilled femoral or jugular venipuncture to obtain a blood specimen from a child younger than three when this access is required. Compare 36400 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Virginia.

Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.

What does Medicare pay for 36400 in Virginia?

Virginia has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

$26.95–$30.69

2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Virginia

Highest: Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

A spread of $3.74 per service.

Facility setting

$15.46–$16.92

2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Virginia

Highest: Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

A spread of $1.46 per service.

These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.

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Venipuncture

About 36400: Infant femoral or jugular venipuncture

Reports skilled femoral or jugular venipuncture to obtain a blood specimen from a child younger than three when this access is required.

This service captures a difficult venous blood draw from the femoral or jugular vein in a child younger than three when access requires a physician’s or qualified health care professional’s skill. It is typically used to obtain a diagnostic blood specimen when routine peripheral access is not suitable. The code describes venipuncture, not placement of a central venous catheter or surgical venous cutdown. Documentation should identify the child’s age, access site, and circumstances supporting skilled access.

Select the code by both age and vein: scalp vein access and access through another vein in this age group have separate codes, while skilled venipuncture in an older patient falls under a different code. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, CMS pays the highest-valued procedure in full and applies a 50% payment reduction to the others.

CMS billing rules for 36400

Multiple procedures
Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.37 · 45%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU0.43 · 52%
  • Malpractice RVU0.02 · 2%

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.

36400 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Virginia, from the same CMS release.

36405

Scalp venipuncture

Younger than 3 years

$23.63–$27.04

Use 36405 for skilled scalp vein access in a child younger than three; 36400 identifies femoral or jugular access.

36406

Pediatric venipuncture

Other vein, under age three

$18.07–$20.87

Use 36406 for skilled access through a vein other than the femoral, jugular, or scalp vein in a child younger than three.

36410

Skilled venipuncture

Age three or older

$18.63–$21.64

Use 36410 for skilled venipuncture in a patient age three or older; 36400 is limited to children younger than three with femoral or jugular access.

36415

Coll venous bld venipuncture

No office rate

Use 36415 for routine venous blood collection. 36400 identifies skilled femoral or jugular access in a child younger than three.

Compare 36400 by payment locality

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2 of 2 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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36400 billing questions

When is 36400 appropriate instead of routine venipuncture?

Use it for a skilled femoral or jugular blood draw in a child younger than three. Routine venous collection is represented by 36415.

How does 36400 differ from 36405 and 36406?

The venipuncture site distinguishes these codes: 36400 is for femoral or jugular access, 36405 for scalp access, and 36406 for another vein in a child younger than three.

Does 36400 describe central venous catheter placement?

No. It describes venipuncture for a blood specimen, not placement of a central venous catheter.

How does the multiple procedure reduction affect 36400?

When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are paid at 50%.

What documentation supports reporting 36400?

Document the child’s age, femoral or jugular access site, and the clinical circumstances requiring skilled venipuncture.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.

Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.

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