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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$54.95$43.65 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$56.23 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $30 to $269Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $30 to $71
$2$10$50$200facility $76professional $55

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
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$79.43
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 25th 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.