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Push Transfusion For A Young Child

Massachusetts 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?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$87.10$60.26 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$67.61 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $52 to $2,399Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $47 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $295professional $87

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
$537.03
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$87.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$123.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$194.98
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$165.96
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
7 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
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.76
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$34.67
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$54.95

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$89.13

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.