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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $575 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 8 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$407$363 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$417 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $355 to $5,370Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $324 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $407

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
$426.58
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th 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.