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Blood Transfusion Given To A Fetus Before Birth

West 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 4 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$380$355 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$355 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,413Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $309 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $380

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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 50th of 51

$380

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.