Blood transfusion
Facility: Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital
Billing Code: 36430 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $147 compared to the $312 fair price benchmark.
5-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.47× fair market pricing.
A typical price — 0 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 UT hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 UT hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
Note: The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.
A fair price for a Blood transfusion is about $312 (about 0.7× the $451 Medicare rate). Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital charges insurers about $147, or about $831 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Provo, UT.
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
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 | $37 - $941 | 8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $37 - $842 | 8% |
| Aetnamajor | $37 - $941 | 8% |
| Cignamajor | $698 - $941 | 155% |
| Humanamajor | $37 - $469 | 8% |
| Health Net | $941 | 209% |
| HealthPartners | $37 - $447 | 8% |
| Molina | $37 - $908 | 8% |
| SelectHealth | $37 - $560 | 8% |
| + 33 smaller / regional plans | $16 - $997 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
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A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital
Compare: Blood transfusion at other UT hospitals
- Holy Cross Hospital-Davis · Layton $73
- Intermountain Health Logan Regional Hospital · Logan $111
- Primary Children's Hospital · Salt Lake City $125
- American Fork Hospital · American Fork $147
- Orem Community Hospital · Orem $147
- Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital · Riverton $147
- Intermountain Health Layton Hospital · Layton $147
- Intermountain Health Spanish Fork Hospital · Spanish Fork $147
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $402
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $402).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($831) Beats Your Bill
Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $831 (vs. $147 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $312 Fair BaseRate ($451 Medicare)
Your bill ($1,107) is $795 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($312) and 2.5× the $451 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.