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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Alabama 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 4 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$398$347 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$631 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,585Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $309 to $708
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $398

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 42nd of 51

$417

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.