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White Blood Cell Transfusion

North Carolina 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 7 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$43.65 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$54.95 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $43 to $112Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $33 to $68
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $60professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$56.23
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 49th of 51

$46.77

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.