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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

New Jersey 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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 5 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$398$339 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$3,548 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $10,715Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $398

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 31st of 51

$427

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.