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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Missouri 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$372 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$589 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $363 to $6,310Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,023
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $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
$812.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 27th of 51

$447

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.