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Red Blood Cells

Alabama rates for HCPCS P9021

Red blood cells, each unit

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells cost?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $219 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56.23$56.23 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$214 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $214 to $219Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $56 to $102
$100$200facility $219professional $56

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$204.17

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Indiana than in Pennsylvania. 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.

Alabama· 16th of 51

$102

IN $646PA $46.77

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.