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Red Blood Cells

Kentucky rates for HCPCS P9021

Red blood cells, each unit

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells cost?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$91.20$81.28 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$81.28 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $81 to $182Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $58 to $646
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $81professional $91

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
$3.47
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$58.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$93.33

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 9th of 51

$91.20

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.