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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 July 2026.

How much does Push Transfusion For A Young Child cost?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 4 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$60.26$52.48 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$631 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,622Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $49 to $105
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $60

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
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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· 41st of 51

$60.26

CA $234WV $54.95

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.