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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Iowa 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$53.70$44.67 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$57.54 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $52 to $389Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $31 to $112
$50$100$200$500facility $129professional $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
$52.48
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$95.50
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 26th of 51

$54.95

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.