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White Blood Cell Transfusion

New York 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 9 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$50.12$32.36 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$47.86 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $28 to $324Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $32 to $100
$2$10$50$200facility $71professional $50

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
$60.26
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$239.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$123.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$151.36
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$389.05
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$165.96

Where New York 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 York· 46th of 51

$50.12

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.