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Push Transfusion For A Young Child

Iowa 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 7 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$75.86$57.54 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$126 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $78 to $6,761Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $51 to $269
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $76

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$147.91
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$79.43

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.