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Red Blood Cells

Minnesota rates for HCPCS P9021

Red blood cells, each unit

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells cost?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 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 $186 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$102 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$132 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $102 to $427Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $81 to $129
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $186professional $102

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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 15th of 51

$102

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.