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White Blood Cell Transfusion

New Jersey 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$53.70$41.69 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$75.86 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $59 to $11,482Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $30 to $79
$100$1K$10Kfacility $83professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$120.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$70.79

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 27th of 51

$54.95

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.