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Red Blood Cells

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS P9021

Red blood cells, each unit

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells cost?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$93.33$81.28 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$158 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $3 to $692Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $58 to $93
$10$100$1Kfacility $200professional $93

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
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$97.72

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$93.33

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.