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Exchange Transfusion For A Newborn

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 36450

Small amounts of a newborn baby's blood are drawn off and replaced with donor blood, over and over, until most of the baby's blood has been exchanged. This clears harmful substances such as bilirubin or antibodies while keeping the blood volume steady. It is used for severe newborn jaundice or blood incompatibility that light therapy cannot control.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Exchange Transfusion For A Newborn cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 5 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$195$166 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$617 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,467Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $123 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $195

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$229

CA $692VT $126

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.