CMS Price Transparency Data

Blood transfusion

Facility: Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital

Billing Code: 36430 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$226

about 0.5× the $451 Medicare rate · typically $28–$769

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $451 Fair price $226 Cash price $408 Hospital's list price $583

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.

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	$430 - $567	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$57 - $428	13%
Aetnamajor	$29 - $522	6%
Cignamajor	$508 - $511	113%
Humanamajor	$447 - $449	99%
GEHA	$552 - $555	122%
Health Net	$540 - $555	120%
UniCare	$29	6%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$27 - $572

Excludes 2 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 408), 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 Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital 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.

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