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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Minnesota 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$759$525 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$759 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,692Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $759

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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$794

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.