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Red Blood Cells, Irradiated

North Carolina rates for HCPCS P9038

Red blood cells, irradiated, each unit

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cells, Irradiated cost?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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 6 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$468$16.22 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$16.22 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $16 to $245Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $16 to $468
$20$50$100$200$500facility $17professional $468

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
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in North Carolina than in New Jersey. 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.

North Carolina· 1st of 51

$309

NC $309NJ $16.22

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.