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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Maryland 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?

$53.70

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $45.71 to $66.07.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $41 to $224Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $32 to $71
$50$100$200facility $66professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$60.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 32nd of 51

$53.70

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.