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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Connecticut 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 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 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$53.70$44.67 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$52.48 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $35 to $257Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $32 to $79
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $54

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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$95.50
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$109.65

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 35th of 51

$53.70

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.