CPT 36460

Red Blood Cell Transfusion

Current code37 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Other government program: TRICARE, VA, Indian Health Service, workers' compensation, or another public program.

Prices for CPT 36460 by hospital
Hospital	Other government program rates (lowest – highest)	Cash price	List price (before discounts)
EvergreenHealth Medical CenterKirkland	—	$946	$1,182
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$218 – $622Doctor’s fee: $404 – $622	$335 – $957Doctor’s fee: $622 – $957
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle	$5651 plan	$1,377	$1,377
Swedish IssaquahIssaquahFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$1,319	$2,747
Swedish Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$1,319	$2,747
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$1,319	$2,747
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$779	$1,113
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle	—	$707	$1,387

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County): $312 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington: $294 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national): $451 (APC 5241)
Surgery center payment (national): $244

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 36460:

36460P (with a letter after it, P; 4 price lines)
36460T (with a letter after it, T; 2 price lines)