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White Blood Cell Transfusion

South Dakota 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $107 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$70.79$48.98 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$83.18 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $55 to $107Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $38 to $135
$20$50$100$200$500facility $107professional $71

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
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$72.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$70.79

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.