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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 4 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$38.90 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$83.18 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $78 to $309Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $31 to $85
$10$20$50$100$200facility $105professional $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
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th 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.