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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Colorado 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 Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 7 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$46.77$34.67 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$47.86 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $35 to $263Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $32 to $81
$2$10$50$200facility $72professional $47

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
$35.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$72.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$107.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$44.67

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 43rd 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.