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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Rhode Island 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 4 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$447$372 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$776 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,802Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $316 to $537
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $447

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 24th of 51

$447

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.