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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Montana 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$490$355 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$537 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,047Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $309 to $891
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $589professional $490

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,023.29
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 11th of 51

$537

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.