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Red Blood Cells

Minnesota rates for HCPCS P9021

Red blood cells, each unit

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells cost?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 6 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$102$81.28 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$145 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $117 to $759Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $81 to $102
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $288professional $102

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
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$707.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$102

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.