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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Arkansas 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 Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $692 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$389$339 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$427 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,820Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $309 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $389

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
$457.09
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 39th 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.