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Push Transfusion For A Young Child

Missouri 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$75.86$54.95 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$182 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $100 to $3,162Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $49 to $479
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $76

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
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
$26.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.31

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 19th of 51

$77.62

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.