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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Alaska rates for HCPCS 86950

A transfusion of white blood cells collected from a donor, given through a vein like other blood products. It is used for a patient whose own white cell count is severely low and who has a serious infection that is not responding to treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does White Blood Cell Transfusion cost?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$63.10$53.70 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$52.48 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $43 to $389Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $43 to $295
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $69professional $63

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$181.97
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$186.21

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in North Dakota than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 10th of 51

$63.10

ND $97.72RI $43.65

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.