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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Massachusetts 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $209 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 8 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$66.07$50.12 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$89.13 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $45 to $295Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $40 to $100
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $209professional $66

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
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$117.49
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$66.07

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.