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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Massachusetts 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 8 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$437$363 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$871 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $316 to $4,266Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $309 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $437

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,174.90
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$468

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.