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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 5 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$407$355 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$676 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,467Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $316 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $407

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 18th 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.