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Push Transfusion For A Young Child

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36440

Blood is given to an infant or very young child by pushing it in steadily by hand through a syringe, rather than letting it drip in from a hanging bag. The hands-on method lets the clinician control the rate and volume closely for a very small patient.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Push Transfusion For A Young Child cost?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$61.66$54.95 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$447 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $178 to $977Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $45 to $91
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $62

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska 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.

Alabama· 28th of 51

$69.18

AK $200FL $47.86

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.