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Red Blood Cells

North Dakota rates for HCPCS P9021

Red blood cells, each unit

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$102 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$81.28 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $81 to $182Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $81 to $182
$100$200facility $81professional $148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 10th of 51

$135

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.