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Red Blood Cells

Washington 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 Washington, 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 $398 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 9 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$398$141 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $81 to $724Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $56 to $91
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $398professional $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
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$131.83
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$204.17
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$269.15

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 39th 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.