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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Illinois 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 6 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$51.29 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$79.43 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $63 to $295Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $33 to $85
$5$20$100$500facility $126professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$93.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$199.53
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$70.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$66.07

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 11th of 51

$63.10

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.