Blood transfusion cost in Russellville, AL — inpatient
In Russellville, AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for blood transfusion (giving blood or blood components) as an inpatient: from $192.00 to $192.00, with a median of $192.00. Across Alabama, the median is $384.17 at 37 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 36430, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Russellville, AL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bay Hospital lowest Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 LAB-STD, C.TRACHOM BY PCRDIAT | $192.00 | $192.00 | $37.44–$1,331.25 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 TRANSFUSION BLD/BLD COMPNT | $542.50 | $542.50 | $80.85–$668.13 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 OR-SCREW LCK S2 FLTHRD 5X XXMM | $800.00 | $800.00 | $200.00–$1,331.25 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 OR-DRILL CANNULATED 4.6 | $829.50 | $829.50 | $207.38–$1,331.25 | — | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $192.00, median $192.00, highest $192.00.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $192.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 ($761.40). 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.
| Russellville Hospital Russellville, ALTRANSFUSION BLOOD OR BLOOD COMPONENTS | $32.13 | file |
| Russellville Hospital Russellville, ALTRANSFUSION | $69.29 | file |