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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

South 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, 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 $692 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 6 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$347 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$479 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $398 to $9,772Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $309 to $692
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $692professional $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
$478.63
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 30th 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.