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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Texas 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 Texas, 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 $891 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 11 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$363 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$468 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,571Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $324 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $891professional $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
$537.03
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$2,137.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$288.40
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 34th 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.