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Red Blood Cells

New York 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 New York, 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 $81.28 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 7 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$57.54 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$57.54 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $2 to $417Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $2 to $91
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $81professional $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
$1.74
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$38,018.94
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$331.13
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$331.13

Where New York 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.

New York· 30th 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.