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Transfusion of Blood or Blood Products Cost in Arkansas
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 60 Arkansas hospitals. CPT 36430. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $470
📉 Low $77.00
📈 High $2,888
🏥 60 hospitals
🏛️ 45 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $40.40
Hospital comparison — Arkansas
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 60 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | BCBS | Centene | UHC | Cigna | Humana | Aetna | MultiPlan | Medicaid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PINE BLUFF |
$77.00 | $411 | $419 | $419 | $57.75 | $411 | $61.60 | — | — |
| UNITY HEALTH WHITE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER SEARCY |
$125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FORT SMITH ER & HOSPITAL PHOENIX AVE FORT SMITH |
$177 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CABOT EMERGENCY HOSPITAL WILLIE RAY DR CABOT |
$177 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNITY HEALTH - NEWPORT NEWPORT |
$188 | $568 | — | $367 | $911 | — | $518 | — | — |
| UNITY HEALTH - JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE |
$188 | $415 | $601 | $367 | $431 | — | $415 | — | — |
| JOHNSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CLARKSVILLE |
$200 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MCGEHEE-DESHA COUNTY HOSPITAL MCGEHEE |
$221 | $330 | $39.59 | $307 | — | $39.98 | — | — | $250 |
| MERCY HOSPITAL BERRYVILLE BERRYVILLE |
$222 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BAXTER HEALTH FULTON COUNTY HOSPITAL SALEM |
$247 | $353 | — | $191 | — | — | — | — | $250 |
| LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WALNUT RIDGE |
$265 | $37.48 | $35.55 | — | $42.66 | $35.55 | — | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL BOONEVILLE BOONEVILLE |
$270 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL OZARK OZARK |
$283 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL WALDRON WALDRON |
$283 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL PARIS PARIS |
$283 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI ST. VINCENT MORRILTON MORRILTON |
$296 | $325 | $342 | $335 | $335 | $325 | $342 | — | — |
| MERCY ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL FORT SMITH FORT SMITH |
$318 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH FORT SMITH |
$318 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER BLYTHEVILLE |
$327 | $415 | — | — | $1,093 | — | — | — | $250 |
| CHI ST. VINCENT NORTH SHERWOOD |
$331 | $401 | $421 | $413 | $413 | $413 | $421 | — | — |
| CHI ST. VINCENT INFIRMARY HEALTH SYSTEM LITTLE ROCK |
$334 | $415 | $436 | $428 | $428 | $428 | $436 | — | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - HEBER SPRINGS BYPASS ROAD HEBER SPRINGS |
$348 | $644 | $683 | $698 | $2,184 | — | — | $85.00 | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - ARKADELPHIA TWIN RIVERS DRIVE ARKADELPHIA |
$348 | $644 | $683 | $698 | $2,184 | — | — | $85.00 | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-EL DORADO WEST GROVE STREET EL DORADO |
$348 | $644 | $683 | $698 | $2,184 | — | — | $85.00 | — |
| OZARK HEALTH CLINTON |
$349 | $204 | $210 | $201 | $470 | $204 | $212 | — | $250 |
| MENA REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM MENA |
$365 | $415 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. BERNARDS CROSSRIDGE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FALLS BLVD S WYNNE |
$376 | $36.26 | $36.26 | — | $37.33 | $35.55 | — | — | — |
| ST. BERNARDS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH JONESBORO |
$462 | $60.71 | $36.26 | — | $35.55 | $35.55 | $35.55 | — | — |
| BRADLEY COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER WARREN |
$469 | $568 | $488 | $193 | — | $493 | $750 | — | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-DREW COUNTY SCOGIN DRIVE MONTICELLO |
$470 | $439 | $458 | $445 | $2,184 | $435 | — | $85.00 | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH VAN BUREN CRAWFORD MEMORIAL DRIVE VAN BUREN |
$470 | $436 | $455 | $442 | $2,184 | $432 | — | $85.00 | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - LITTLE ROCK BAPTIST HEALTH DRIVE LITTLE ROCK |
$470 | $423 | $441 | $429 | $2,184 | $419 | — | $85.00 | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-STUTTGART NORTH BUERKLE ROAD STUTTGART |
$470 | $448 | $468 | $455 | $2,184 | $444 | — | $85.00 | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - NORTH LITTLE ROCK SPRINGHILL DRIVE NORTH LITTLE ROCK |
$470 | $423 | $441 | $429 | $2,184 | $419 | — | $85.00 | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH - FORT SMITH TOWSON AVENUE FORT SMITH |
$471 | $436 | $455 | $442 | $2,184 | $432 | — | $85.00 | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-CONWAY EXCHANGE AVENUE CONWAY |
$473 | $423 | $441 | $429 | $2,184 | $419 | — | $85.00 | — |
| MAGNOLIA HOSPITAL HOSPITAL DRIVE MAGNOLIA |
$473 | $423 | $441 | $429 | $2,184 | $419 | — | $85.00 | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - HOT SPRING COUNTY SCHNEIDER DRIVE MALVERN |
$474 | $430 | $449 | $436 | $2,184 | $426 | — | $85.00 | — |
| SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL PARK DRIVE BENTON |
$488 | $378 | $459 | $406 | $552 | $397 | $386 | — | $250 |
| HOWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NASHVILLE |
$490 | $1,224 | — | — | — | $1,224 | — | — | — |
| UAMS MEDICAL CENTER LITTLE ROCK |
$510 | $170 | $170 | $170 | $172 | $170 | $65.00 | $75.00 | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ROGERS |
$514 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER S MAIN STREET HOPE |
$525 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SOUTH MISSISSIPPI COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER OSCEOLA |
$599 | $424 | — | — | — | — | — | — | $250 |
| ARKANSAS METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER W KINGSHIGHWAY PARAGOULD |
$608 | $102 | $140 | $100 | $105 | $100 | — | — | — |
| DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER RD SDARDANELLETREET DARDANELLE |
$609 | $28.00 | $35.00 | $28.00 | $1,450 | $28.28 | $28.00 | — | — |
| ST. BERNARDS FIVE RIVER MEDICAL CENTER MEDICAL CENTER DR POCAHONTAS |
$639 | $36.26 | $36.26 | — | $37.33 | $35.55 | — | — | — |
| ST. MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WEST MAIN STREET RUSSELLVILLE |
$747 | $408 | $394 | $408 | $1,482 | $428 | $383 | — | $250 |
| IZARD REGIONAL HOSPITAL CALICO ROCK |
$790 | $415 | $569 | $542 | — | $542 | $542 | — | — |
| DELTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DUMAS |
$816 | $415 | $360 | $367 | — | $363 | — | — | — |
| STONE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER BATESVILLE |
$867 | $100 | $450 | $428 | $441 | — | $33.31 | $809 | — |
| WHITE RIVER MEDICAL CENTER BATESVILLE |
$867 | $100 | $450 | $428 | $441 | — | $33.31 | $809 | — |
| ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LITTLE ROCK |
$902 | $593 | $85.00 | $80.00 | $83.00 | — | $83.20 | $90.00 | — |
| ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S NORTHWEST SPRINGDALE |
$902 | $593 | $85.00 | $80.00 | $83.00 | — | $83.20 | $90.00 | — |
| OUACHITA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CAMDEN |
$1,000 | $415 | — | $2,790 | $700 | — | — | — | $250 |
| CHICOT MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER LAKE VILLAGE |
$1,035 | $932 | $518 | $445 | — | $406 | $414 | — | $250 |
| NATIONAL PARK MEDICAL CENTER MALVERN AVE HOT SPRINGS |
$1,186 | $405 | $428 | $404 | $825 | $425 | $405 | — | $250 |
| CHI ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL HOT SPRINGS HOT SPRINGS |
$1,390 | $415 | $436 | $428 | $428 | $416 | $436 | $1,112 | — |
| CORNERSTONE SPECIALTY HOSPITALS LITTLE ROCK 6TH FLOOR |
$1,738 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FREEMAN HEALTH SYSTEM - SILOAM SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER SILOAM SPRINGS |
$2,888 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 36430, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $739 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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That is the median of what the 60 Arkansas hospitals above publish for Transfusion of blood or blood products — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 36430 in Arkansas, Medicare reimburses about $40.40 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Arkansas range from $77.00 to $2,888 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 11.6x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does transfusion of blood or blood products cost in Arkansas?
- Cash prices for transfusion of blood or blood products (CPT 36430) in Arkansas range from $77.00 to $2,888, with a median of $470. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest transfusion of blood or blood products in Arkansas?
- The cheapest Arkansas hospital published cash price for this procedure is $77.00. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Arkansas facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 36430 (Heart & Vascular). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.