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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36460

This procedure delivers a blood transfusion directly to a fetus while still in the womb, most often to treat severe fetal anemia. Using ultrasound guidance, a needle is passed through the mother's abdomen and uterus to reach the fetal blood supply, typically through the umbilical cord. It is a specialized procedure performed by maternal-fetal medicine specialists to support the fetus until delivery is safe.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth cost?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 6 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$851$380 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$447 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,950Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $537professional $851

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
$1,148.15
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$759

CA $1,202VT $380

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.