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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Washington, DC 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$60.26$46.77 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$67.61 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $4 to $776Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $32 to $71
$5$20$100$500facility $68professional $60

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$177.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$66.07

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 12th of 51

$60.26

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.