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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Colorado 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 7 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$417$372 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$692 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $398 to $6,457Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $331 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $417

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
$389.05
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,949.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$457

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.