CMS Price Transparency Data

Blood transfusion

Facility: Knoxville Hospital & Clinics

Billing Code: 36430 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$485

about 1.1× the $451 Medicare rate · typically $69–$1,100

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $451 Fair price $485 Cash price $315 Hospital's list price $526

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$217 - $516	48%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$453	101%
Aetnamajor	$217 - $246	48%
Cignamajor	$478 - $541	106%
Humanamajor	$217 - $474	48%
Amerigroup	$212 - $248	47%
HealthPartners	$345 - $541	77%
Medica	$478 - $541	106%
Molina	$209 - $237	46%
Oscar Health	$325 - $368	72%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$212 - $418

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 315), 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 Knoxville Hospital & Clinics 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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