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Partial Exchange Transfusion In A Newborn

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36456

A procedure in which some of a newborn baby's blood is withdrawn in small steps and replaced with donor blood, plasma or fluid. It is used when the blood is too thick or when something harmful in it needs to be diluted, and it calls for the skill of a clinician throughout.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Partial Exchange Transfusion In A Newborn cost?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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$316$155 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$575 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $479 to $12,023Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $100 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $316

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
10 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
$52.48
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.0 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$372

AK $372FL $93.33

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.