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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Alabama 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 4 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$52.48$46.77 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$39.81 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $33 to $129Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $32 to $83
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $52professional $52

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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 40th of 51

$52.48

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.