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Red Blood Cells

New York rates for HCPCS P9021

Red blood cells, each unit

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells cost?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56.23$1.74 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$120 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $2 to $407Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $2 to $102
$2$10$50$200facility $141professional $56

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
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$380.19
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
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
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.12

Where New York 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.

New York· 44th of 51

$56.23

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.