Blood transfusion cost in Grand Rapids, MI
In Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, 12 hospitals list a cash price for blood transfusion (giving blood or blood components): from $104.00 to $983.00, with a median of $928.00. The lowest listed price is at Sheridan Community Hospital — $824.00 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $751.40 at 92 hospitals.
- The median here, $928.00, is 22% above the US median of $760.00.
- That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($450.73).
- Grand Rapids, MI ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Michigan by median, cheapest first.
- 8 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 9 cities for code 36430, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 5, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and May 1, 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Community Hospital lowest Sheridan, MI · (989) 291-3261 Transfusion bld/bld compnt+1 more line at this price File of Apr 22, 2026 · source file | $104.00 | $130.00 | $42.65–$130.00 | 20% |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson Carson City, MI · (989) 584-3131 HB Blood Transfusion Service File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $221.00 | $884.00 | $67.11–$716.04 | 75% |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Ionia Ionia, MI · (616) 527-4200 HB Blood Transfusion Service File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $225.75 | $903.00 | $199.00–$644.76 | 75% |
| Corewell Helen Devos Childrens Hospital Grand Rapids, MI HC BMT TRANSFUSION BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCT File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $428.14 | $428.14 | — | — |
| Mercy Health Saint Marys Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 685-5000 HC Transfusion Blood/Blood Component(S) File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $520.65 | $801.00 | $88.83–$852.21 | 35% |
| Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital Grand Haven, MI · (616) 847-5268 ADMIN OF BLOOD PRODUCTS File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file | $873.00 | $873.00 | $226.24–$419.77 | — |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 HC TRANSFUSION BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCT+2 more lines at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $983.00 | $983.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Greenville Hospital Greenville, MI · (616) 754-4691 HC TRANSFUSION BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCT+1 more line at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $983.00 | $983.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Helen Devos Childrens Hospital Grand Rapids, MI HC TRANSFUSION BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCT File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $983.00 | $983.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital Zeeland, MI · (616) 772-4644 Hc Transfusion Blood Or Blood Product+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $983.00 | $983.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI Hc Transfusion Blood Or Blood Product File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $983.00 | $983.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Pennock Hospital Hastings, MI · (269) 945-3451 HC TRANSFUSION BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCT File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $983.00 | $983.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 HC TRANSFUSION BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCT File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $983.00 | $983.00 | — | — |
| Sheridan Community Hospital Sheridan, MI · (989) 291-3261 TRANSFUSION OA File of Apr 22, 2026 · source file | $1,013.60 | $1,267.00 | $42.65–$1,118.76 | 20% |
| Sheridan Community Hospital Sheridan, MI · (989) 291-3261 TRANSFUSION ER File of Apr 22, 2026 · source file | $1,054.40 | $1,318.00 | $42.65–$1,163.79 | 20% |
| Mercy Health Saint Marys Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 685-5000 HC Transfusion Blood/Blood Component(S) File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,179.06 | — | $88.83–$852.21 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $104.00, median $928.00, highest $983.00 — a 9.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $983.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 5 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 blood transfusion is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Blood transfusion explained.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 36430 ($687.48). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson Carson City, MITransfusion Blood/Blood Components | $21.50 | file |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Ionia Ionia, MITransfusion Blood/Blood Components | $21.50 | file |