Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
BL EXCHANGE/TRANSFUSE NB
Phoenix, AZ
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Dignity Health’s median price of $466 is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($548), higher than 40% of the 1,549 hospitals reporting CPT 36450. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 17 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $177 | $177 | — | — | — | $177 – $177 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|dual complete case rate · outpatient | $455 | $455 | — | — | — | $455 – $455 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $466 | $466 | — | — | — | $466 – $466 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $466 | $466 | — | — | — | $466 – $466 |
| 5 | Cigna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $466 | $466 | — | — | — | $466 – $466 |
| 6 | First Health medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $466 | $466 | — | — | — | $466 – $466 |
| 7 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $466 | $466 | — | — | — | $466 – $466 |
| 8 | Optum medicare|optumcare fee schedule · outpatient | $466 | $466 | — | — | — | $466 – $466 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $466 | $466 | — | — | — | $466 – $466 |
| 10 | Optum medicare|optumhealth fee schedule · outpatient | $513 | $513 | — | — | — | $513 – $513 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|maricopafocus fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|neighborhood fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|workers comp fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 15 | Cigna commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 16 | Cigna commercial|localplus surefit case rate · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 17 | Cigna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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