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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Kentucky 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$44.67$26.92 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$53.70 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $51 to $158Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $26 to $60
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $45

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
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$32.36
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$45.71

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.