APC 9518

Washed red blood cells, per 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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Original text from hospital filings

Washed red blood cells unit

Payers reporting APC 9518

Payer pricing summary

Low

$208

Average

$449

Median

$388

High

$852

Payer rate distribution

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	175	$372	$375	$11	3%	—	$367 – $439
2	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	162	$369	$385	$105	27%	—	$354 – $1.5k
3	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	156	$372	$386	$55	14%	—	$365 – $695
4	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	132	$380	$384	$14	4%	—	$369 – $487
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	126	$376	$385	$81	21%	—	$361 – $1.2k
6	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	122	$369	$369	$1	0%	—	$369 – $387
7	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	110	$383	$375	$10	3%	—	$369 – $398
8	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	69	$543	$532	$201	38%	—	$376 – $966
9	Superior Healthplan fee schedule · outpatient	40	$387	$387	—	—	—	$387 – $387
10	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	31	$376	$378	$12	3%	—	$369 – $405
11	Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	28	$374	$435	$172	40%	—	$361 – $1.2k
12	Medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	18	$367	$365	$2	1%	—	$363 – $369
13	Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	17	$442	$438	$8	2%	—	$420 – $442
14	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	16	$397	$421	$112	27%	—	$376 – $864
15	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	15	$387	$387	—	—	—	$387 – $387
16	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	15	$376	$379	$10	3%	—	$369 – $405
17	Optum facility · per diem · outpatient · +4 other terms	15	$369	$376	$12	3%	—	$369 – $395
18	Ambetter case rate · outpatient · +3 other terms	12	$714	$796	$97	12%	—	$714 – $911
19	Tricare case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	7	$377	$377	—	—	—	$377 – $377
20	Excellus case rate · outpatient	5	$638	$578	$235	41%	—	$369 – $1.0k
21	Highmark case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	5	$369	$524	$197	38%	—	$369 – $866
22	Medica facility · fee schedule · outpatient	5	$377	$379	$2	0%	—	$377 – $381
23	Sanford Health Plan case rate · outpatient	3	$575	$579	$59	10%	—	$481 – $662
24	Caresource facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	2	$399	$415	$51	12%	—	$370 – $479
25	Aetna Better Health facility · case rate · outpatient	1	$306	$306	$99	32%	—	$208 – $405

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