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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Ohio 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 Ohio, 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 $2,455 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 8 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$355 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,202 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $589 to $10,715Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $309 to $692
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $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
$645.65
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 32nd 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.