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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Minnesota 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 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 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$64.57$57.54 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$148 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $71 to $562Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $50 to $78
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $209professional $65

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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$109.65
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$416.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$97.72

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$64.57

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.