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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Texas 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 Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$52.48$45.71 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$58.88 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $46 to $437Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $33 to $81
$20$50$100$200$500facility $95professional $52

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
$46.77
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$89.13
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$112.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$32.36

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 23rd 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.