CMS Price Transparency Data

Blood transfusion

Facility: Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill

Billing Code: 36430 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,010

about 2.2× the $451 Medicare rate · typically $655–$1,405

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $451 Fair price $1,010 Cash price $315 Hospital's list price $656

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.

6 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	$536 - $2,167	119%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$552 - $1,551	122%
Aetnamajor	$526 - $1,825	117%
Cignamajor	$613 - $7,277	136%
Humanamajor	$542	120%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$511 - $766	113%
Amerigroup	$562	125%
Providence Health Plan	$1,195	265%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$817 - $1,785

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 Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill 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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