CMS Price Transparency Data
Blood transfusion
Facility: Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Billing Code: 36430 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price low confidence
A fair price for this
$234
about 0.5× the $451 Medicare rate · typically $32–$569
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $451 Fair price $234 Cash price $556 Hospital's list price $813
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
2 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield AetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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 | $8 - $10 | 2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $8 - $50 | 2% |
| Amerigroup | $50 | 11% |
| Fidelis Care | $18 | 4% |
| Independent Health | $228 - $512 | 51% |
| Molina | $18 | 4% |
| + 8 smaller / regional plans | $8 - $461 |
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Other Procedures at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Compare: Blood transfusion at other NY hospitals
- Sisters of Charity Hospital · Buffalo $75
- Schuyler Hospital · Montour Falls $210
- Elizabethtown Community Hospital · Elizabethtown $221
- United Memorial Medical Center · Batavia $247
- Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center · Niagara Falls $268
- Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca · Ithaca $276
- St Barnabas Hospital · Bronx $374
- Long Island Community Hospital · Patchogue $414
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.