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Red Blood Cells

Iowa rates for HCPCS P9021

Red blood cells, each unit

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells cost?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $135 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$81.28$81.28 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$81.28 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $81 to $537Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $58 to $102
$2$10$50$200facility $135professional $81

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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in North Carolina 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.

Iowa· 21st of 51

$81.28

NC $302RI $57.54

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.