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Procedure price report · Blood and blood product transfusion

Blood or blood product transfusion

CPT 36430the billing code this page is about

Giving donated blood or a blood component such as red cells, plasma or platelets through a vein; the code covers the transfusion service per encounter, separate from the cost of the blood product itself.

Hospitals typically charge $727 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,436 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $748. Most fall between $394 and $1,259 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,436
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 3,436 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$236$446$727$1,099$1,741

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($236 vs $1,741).

How the prices are spread

$123 – $165: 56 hospitals$123$165 – $223: 99 hospitals$223 – $300: 141 hospitals$223$300 – $404: 242 hospitals$404 – $544: 462 hospitals$404$544 – $732: 565 hospitals$732 – $986: 643 hospitals$732$986 – $1,329: 460 hospitals$1,329 – $1,789: 268 hospitals$1,329$1,789 – $2,410: 159 hospitals$1,789median $727price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (3,095 of 3,436 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$123$16556
$165$22399
$223$300141
$300$404242
$404$544462
$544$732565
$732$986643
$986$1,329460
$1,329$1,789268
$1,789$2,410159

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$451
Median cash price$727
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.61×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $727.

Alaska: median $870 across 18 hospitalsAK$870Maine: median $497 across 24 hospitalsME$497Vermont: median $739 across 13 hospitalsVT$739New Hampshire: median $672 across 25 hospitalsNH$672Washington: median $912 across 77 hospitalsWA$912Idaho: median $941 across 24 hospitalsID$941Montana: median $747 across 35 hospitalsMT$747North Dakota: median $762 across 38 hospitalsND$762Minnesota: median $705 across 106 hospitalsMN$705Illinois: median $739 across 133 hospitalsIL$739Wisconsin: median $584 across 108 hospitalsWI$584Michigan: median $652 across 95 hospitalsMI$652New York: median $605 across 104 hospitalsNY$605Massachusetts: median $935 across 52 hospitalsMA$935Oregon: median $636 across 56 hospitalsOR$636Nevada: median $479 across 24 hospitalsNV$479Wyoming: median $625 across 16 hospitalsWY$625South Dakota: median $825 across 44 hospitalsSD$825Iowa: median $535 across 93 hospitalsIA$535Indiana: median $900 across 92 hospitalsIN$900Ohio: median $991 across 143 hospitalsOH$991Pennsylvania: median $803 across 129 hospitalsPA$803New Jersey: median $583 across 58 hospitalsNJ$583Connecticut: median $981 across 22 hospitalsCT$981Rhode Island: median $1,001 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,001California: median $874 across 210 hospitalsCA$874Utah: median $899 across 42 hospitalsUT$899Colorado: median $776 across 72 hospitalsCO$776Nebraska: median $786 across 83 hospitalsNE$786Missouri: median $594 across 79 hospitalsMO$594Kentucky: median $603 across 68 hospitalsKY$603West Virginia: median $646 across 40 hospitalsWV$646Virginia: median $864 across 73 hospitalsVA$864Maryland: median $465 across 24 hospitalsMD$465Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $624 across 54 hospitalsAZ$624New Mexico: median $763 across 31 hospitalsNM$763Kansas: median $511 across 90 hospitalsKS$511Arkansas: median $365 across 40 hospitalsAR$365Tennessee: median $375 across 78 hospitalsTN$375North Carolina: median $577 across 95 hospitalsNC$577South Carolina: median $1,023 across 50 hospitalsSC$1,023Oklahoma: median $556 across 71 hospitalsOK$556Louisiana: median $475 across 56 hospitalsLA$475Mississippi: median $348 across 55 hospitalsMS$348Alabama: median $393 across 41 hospitalsAL$393Georgia: median $774 across 108 hospitalsGA$774Hawaii: median $947 across 18 hospitalsHI$947Texas: median $850 across 244 hospitalsTX$850Florida: median $1,023 across 168 hospitalsFL$1,023
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $727. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC50$1,023+41%$580 – $1,531
Florida FL168$1,023+41%$524 – $1,916
Rhode Island RI10$1,001+38%$493 – $1,213
Ohio OH143$991+36%$573 – $1,400
Connecticut CT22$981+35%$678 – $1,544
Hawaii HI18$947+30%$711 – $1,366
Idaho ID24$941+29%$683 – $1,224
Massachusetts MA52$935+29%$682 – $1,896
Washington WA77$912+25%$356 – $1,226
Indiana IN92$900+24%$395 – $1,238
Utah UT42$899+24%$701 – $1,125
California CA210$874+20%$534 – $1,526
Alaska AK18$870+20%$583 – $1,556
Virginia VA73$864+19%$573 – $1,613
Texas TX244$850+17%$441 – $1,505
South Dakota SD44$825+14%$470 – $1,022
Pennsylvania PA129$803+11%$451 – $1,714
Nebraska NE83$786+8%$439 – $1,016
Colorado CO72$776+7%$376 – $1,503
Georgia GA108$774+6%$327 – $1,320
New Mexico NM31$763+5%$465 – $1,217
North Dakota ND38$762+5%$477 – $975
Montana MT35$747+3%$313 – $989
Vermont VT13$739+2%$473 – $1,293
Illinois IL133$739+2%$418 – $1,490
Minnesota MN106$705−3%$444 – $840
New Hampshire NH25$672−8%$377 – $1,264
Michigan MI95$652−10%$245 – $983
West Virginia WV40$646−11%$348 – $1,195
Oregon OR56$636−13%$162 – $991
Wyoming WY16$625−14%$274 – $768
Arizona AZ54$624−14%$252 – $1,736
New York NY104$605−17%$312 – $1,120
Kentucky KY68$603−17%$488 – $1,458
Missouri MO79$594−18%$365 – $1,084
Wisconsin WI108$584−20%$378 – $725
New Jersey NJ58$583−20%$515 – $3,786
North Carolina NC95$577−21%$379 – $826
Oklahoma OK71$556−23%$393 – $1,003
Iowa IA93$535−26%$311 – $783
Kansas KS90$511−30%$258 – $747
Maine ME24$497−32%$382 – $1,163
Nevada NV24$479−34%$194 – $1,446
Louisiana LA56$475−35%$270 – $928
Maryland MD24$465−36%$320 – $643
Alabama AL41$393−46%$206 – $600
Tennessee TN78$375−48%$119 – $820
Arkansas AR40$365−50%$283 – $491
Mississippi MS55$348−52%$178 – $515
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $727.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,378$756$420 – $1,366
Children’s65$1,040$511 – $2,095
Critical access983$641$325 – $983
Ownership
For-profit488$936$465 – $1,965
Government645$611$304 – $969
Non-profit2,293$733$412 – $1,213
System affiliation
Part of a system2,780$758$428 – $1,295
Independent656$598$274 – $1,013

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,215
Median cash price$727
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,392 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $749 and the average of the middle 60% is $772; most fall between $418 and $1,239.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,392 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$254$463$749$1,112$1,656

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($254 vs $1,656).

Of the 2,574 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,392 gave a usable cash price; 73 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 109 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,436 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (87%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,681 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,436
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here119
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded124
Hospitals that filed this code3,681

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Blood and blood product transfusion family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Transfusion Blood/Blood Components.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Blood or blood product transfusion (CPT 36430) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36430-blood-or-blood-product-transfusion