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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

North Carolina 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 7 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$562$427 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$389 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,631Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $562

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
$512.86
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 7th of 51

$562

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.