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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Arizona 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 Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 5 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$51.29$34.67 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$51.29 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $35 to $295Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $30 to $83
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $71professional $51

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
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 39th 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.