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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

South Dakota 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $676 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 7 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$537$372 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$468 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $331 to $4,365Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $331 to $955
$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $537

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
$346.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 10th of 51

$537

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.