CMS Price Transparency Data

Blood transfusion

Facility: Northwest Health - Porter

Billing Code: 36430 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$622

about 1.4× the $451 Medicare rate · typically $297–$1,278

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$700

About the fair price

about $78 over the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $451 Fair price $622 This hospital $700 Cash price $919 Hospital's list price $2,918

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How this hospital compares to other IN hospitals

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

Cheapest $98 Priciest $700

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

A fair price for a Blood transfusion is about $622 (about 1.4× the $451 Medicare rate). Northwest Health - Porter charges insurers about $700, or about $919 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Valparaiso, IN.

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	$383 - $1,551	85%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$383 - $1,902	85%
Aetnamajor	$459 - $1,479	102%
Cignamajor	$811	180%
Humanamajor	$383 - $459	85%
CareSource	$383	85%
Devoted Health	$468	104%
Health Net	$1,290 - $1,727	286%
MagnaCare	$1,189	264%
+ 18 smaller / regional plans	$383 - $2,334

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

Excludes 7 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 919), 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 Northwest Health - Porter 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 Northwest Health - Porter

Compare: Blood transfusion at other IN hospitals

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