CMS Price Transparency Data

Blood transfusion

Facility: Decatur County Hospital

Billing Code: 36430 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$476

about 1.1× the $451 Medicare rate · typically $63–$1,131

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $451 Fair price $476 Cash price $627 Hospital's list price $784

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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	$470 - $666	104%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$251 - $1,313	56%
Aetnamajor	$423 - $619	94%
Cignamajor	$674	150%
Humanamajor	$572	127%
Amerigroup	$823	183%
HealthPartners	$721	160%
Medica	$627	139%
Medical Mutual	$690	153%
Priority Health	$784	174%
+ 17 smaller / regional plans	$408 - $800

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 2 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 627), 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 Decatur County Hospital 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

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Other Procedures at Decatur County Hospital

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