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Red Blood Cells

Nebraska rates for HCPCS P9021

Red blood cells, each unit

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells cost?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 5 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$81.28$75.86 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$102 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $81 to $513Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $2 to $102
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $162professional $81

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
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 27th of 51

$81.28

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.