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Red Blood Cells

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS P9021

Red blood cells, each unit

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells cost?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$57.54$3.47 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$200 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $135 to $3,715Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $3 to $148
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $257professional $58

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
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$28.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$812.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$812.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,128.61
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.12

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$93.33

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.