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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Utah 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$468$380 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$2,239 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,571Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,047
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $468

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
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$257.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 13th of 51

$525

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.