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Push Transfusion For A Young Child

North Carolina 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$67.61$54.95 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$58.88 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $50 to $4,169Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $46 to $158
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $81professional $68

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
$50.12
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$125.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$102.33
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 20th of 51

$69.18

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.