CMS Price Transparency Data

Blood transfusion

Facility: New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.

Billing Code: 36430 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$550

about 1.2× the $451 Medicare rate · typically $163–$1,064

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $451 Fair price $550 Cash price $706 Hospital's list price $706

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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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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	$2,078	461%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,392	309%
Aetnamajor	$551	122%
MagnaCare	$962	213%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$578 - $2,332

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 706), 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 New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc. 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.

How you’d pay

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Your coinsurance (%)

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