CMS Price Transparency Data

Blood transfusion

Facility: Lower Keys Medical Center

Billing Code: 36430 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$528

about 1.2× the $451 Medicare rate · typically $221–$938

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$522

About the fair price

about $6 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $451 Fair price $528 This hospital $522 Cash price $743 Hospital's list price $2,370

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

Highest price of the 9 FL hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $209 Priciest $522

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Blood transfusion is about $528 (about 1.2× the $451 Medicare rate). Lower Keys Medical Center charges insurers about $522, or about $743 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Key West, FL.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$62 - $1,873	14%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$486 - $18,562	108%
Aetnamajor	$1,653 - $1,700	367%
Cignamajor	$1,397 - $1,437	310%
Humanamajor	$456 - $486	101%
Amerigroup	$487	108%
AvMed	$2,013 - $2,070	447%
Molina	$500	111%
Simply Healthcare	$487 - $755	108%
WellCare	$487	108%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$442 - $2,435

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 743), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 36430.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Lower Keys Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 36430.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Lower Keys Medical Center

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.