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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Virginia 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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 8 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$34.67 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$51.29 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $42 to $195Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $32 to $68
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $68professional $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
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$91.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$151.36
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$57.54

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$53.70

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.