Doctor visits and therapy CPT 36430 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Blood transfusion cost in Tullahoma, TN — inpatient

In Tullahoma-Manchester, TN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for blood transfusion (giving blood or blood components) as an inpatient: from $580.58 to $580.58, with a median of $580.58. Across Tennessee, the median is $249.65 at 44 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 36430, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.

Lowest$580.58Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital
Median$580.58half pay less
Highest$580.58in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma, TN · (931) 393-3000 HC TRANSFUS BLOOD/COMP $580.58 $2,002.00 $39.06–$1,601.60 71% Oct 1, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $580.58, median $580.58, highest $580.58.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $580.58 — 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 36430 ($766.27). 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.

Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma, TNBLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE $31.32 file