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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Montana 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 negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 5 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$45.71$34.67 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$66.07 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $50 to $224Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $33 to $126
$20$50$100$200$500facility $123professional $46

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$104.71
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$478.63
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$51.29

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 33rd 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.