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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Rhode Island 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 4 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$42.66$40.74 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$191 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $155 to $245Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $35 to $78
$20$50$100$200facility $240professional $43

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$107.15

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 51st of 51

$43.65

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.