Blood transfusion cost in Corpus Christi, TX — inpatient
In Corpus Christi, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for blood transfusion (giving blood or blood components) as an inpatient: from $715.00 to $830.50, with a median of $772.75. The lowest listed price is at PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Corpus Christi — $57.75 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $883.00 at 284 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 36430, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Corpus Christi, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Corpus Christi lowest Corpus Christi, TX Blood Admin Fee | $715.00 | $715.00 | $500.50–$607.75 | — | Aug 6, 2026 source file |
| PAM Squared at Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX Blood Admin Fee Surgery | $830.50 | $830.50 | $332.20–$747.45 | — | Aug 6, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $715.00, median $772.75, highest $830.50 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $3,895.59 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This code covers giving a transfusion of blood or blood components such as red cells or platelets.
What the price covers
The price is for giving the transfusion. The blood itself, typing and crossmatching are billed separately.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 36430 ($801.45). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TXBlood Admin Fee Surgery | $25.00 | file |
| PAM Squared at Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TXBlood Admin Fee | $25.00 | file |