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Red Blood Cells

Washington rates for HCPCS P9021

Red blood cells, each unit

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells cost?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$56.23 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$398 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $316 to $832Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $56 to $81
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $513professional $66

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 34th of 51

$66.07

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.