APC 09517

Red blood cell transfusion unit

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Red blood cells unit

Payers reporting APC 09517

Payer pricing summary

Low

$87

Average

$191

Median

$158

High

$431

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1	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	86	$146	$147	$5	4%	—	$113 – $154
2	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient	20	$151	$151	$1	1%	—	$151 – $153
3	UnitedHealthcare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	12	$151	$332	$260	78%	—	$150 – $825
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	11	$151	$149	$1	1%	—	$148 – $151
5	Aetna facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	10	$150	$156	$23	15%	—	$141 – $238
6	Medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	8	$148	$148	$0	0%	—	$148 – $150
7	Clover fee schedule · outpatient	5	$156	$156	—	—	—	$156 – $156
8	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	5	$153	$153	—	—	—	$153 – $153
9	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	5	$153	$153	—	—	—	$153 – $153
10	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient	4	$252	$257	$31	12%	—	$203 – $279
11	Cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	4	$456	$384	$197	51%	—	$130 – $600
12	Molina facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	4	$179	$174	$32	19%	—	$150 – $239
13	Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	4	$151	$151	—	—	—	$151 – $151
14	Carefirst facility · fee schedule · outpatient	3	$151	$150	$1	1%	—	$148 – $151
15	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient	3	$151	$154	$8	5%	—	$151 – $169
16	Medica facility · fee schedule · outpatient	3	$154	$154	—	—	—	$154 – $154
17	Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient	2	$237	$237	$87	37%	—	$151 – $324
18	Bcbs Ca facility · fee schedule · outpatient	2	$466	$431	$198	46%	—	$150 – $571
19	MultiPlan facility · other · outpatient · +1 other terms	2	$130	$130	—	—	—	$130 – $130
20	Aetna Better Health facility · other · outpatient	1	$87	$87	—	—	—	$87 – $87
21	Bcbs Mi facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	1	$148	$148	—	—	—	$148 – $148
22	Cigna Healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$154	$154	—	—	—	$154 – $154
23	Optum fee schedule · both	1	$184	$184	—	—	—	$184 – $184
24	Oscar facility · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$242	$242	—	—	—	$242 – $242