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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Iowa 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$513$398 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$741 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,761Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $513

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$525

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.