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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

New Mexico 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$389$380 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$407 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,175Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $331 to $617
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $389

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
$478.63
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 43rd of 51

$407

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.