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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Illinois 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$427$380 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$741 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $417 to $5,623Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $339 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $427

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
$489.78
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 17th of 51

$479

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.