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Push Transfusion For A Young Child

Kentucky 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 6 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$54.95$52.48 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$75.86 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $63 to $10,715Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $48 to $87
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $55

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
$67.61
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$83.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$74.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$57.54

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.