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Red Blood Cells

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, 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 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$81.28 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$81.28 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $81 to $457Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $58 to $102
$2$10$50$200facility $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
$81.28
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$354.81

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 24th 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.