CMS Price Transparency Data

Blood transfusion

Facility: Pali Momi Medical Center

Billing Code: 36430 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$512

about 1.1× the $451 Medicare rate · typically $92–$737

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$539

About the fair price

about $27 over the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $451 Fair price $512 This hospital $539 Cash price $859 Hospital's list price $1,432

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How this hospital compares to other HI hospitals

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

Cheapest $74 Priciest $539

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

A fair price for a Blood transfusion is about $512 (about 1.1× the $451 Medicare rate). Pali Momi Medical Center charges insurers about $539, or about $859 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Aiea, HI.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Aetna✓ Kaiser Permanente Blue Cross Blue ShieldCignaHumana

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	$495	110%
Aetnamajor	$992 - $1,536	220%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$934 - $1,446	207%
Devoted Health	$544	121%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$49 - $2,798

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 859), 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 Pali Momi 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 Pali Momi Medical Center

Compare: Blood transfusion at other HI hospitals

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