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Red blood cell unit, plasma removed and irradiated

HCPCS P9040the billing code this page is about

One unit of red blood cells with most of the plasma removed and treated with radiation; covers the blood product itself, not the cost of giving the transfusion.

Hospitals typically charge $501 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 388 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $515. Most fall between $298 and $844 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
388
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 388 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$223$348$501$704$1,608

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($223 vs $1,608).

How the prices are spread

$167 – $213: 20 hospitals$167$213 – $271: 29 hospitals$271 – $346: 32 hospitals$271$346 – $441: 58 hospitals$441 – $562: 91 hospitals$441$562 – $716: 50 hospitals$716 – $913: 31 hospitals$716$913 – $1,164: 19 hospitals$1,164 – $1,484: 5 hospitals$1,164$1,484 – $1,892: 25 hospitals$1,484median $501price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (360 of 388 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$167$21320
$213$27129
$271$34632
$346$44158
$441$56291
$562$71650
$716$91331
$913$1,16419
$1,164$1,4845
$1,484$1,89225

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$265
Median cash price$501
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.89×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $501.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $497 across 18 hospitalsMN$497Illinois: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $519 across 12 hospitalsMI$519New York: median $417 across 17 hospitalsNY$417Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $436 across 13 hospitalsOR$436Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $458 across 12 hospitalsIA$458Indiana: median $439 across 26 hospitalsIN$439Ohio: median $619 across 28 hospitalsOH$619Pennsylvania: median $2,531 across 14 hospitalsPA$2,531New Jersey: median $851 across 10 hospitalsNJ$851Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: median $1,608 across 24 hospitalsUT$1,608Colorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $525 across 13 hospitalsVA$525Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: median $252 across 15 hospitalsTN$252North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $405 across 10 hospitalsOK$405Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $524 across 43 hospitalsTX$524Florida: median $167 across 19 hospitalsFL$167
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $501. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Pennsylvania PA14$2,531+405%$622 – $2,744
Utah UT24$1,608+221%$1,608 – $1,892
New Jersey NJ10$851+70%$302 – $1,172
Ohio OH28$619+24%$298 – $844
Virginia VA13$525+5%$389 – $961
Texas TX43$524+5%$229 – $628
Michigan MI12$519+4%$519 – $690
Minnesota MN18$497−1%$328 – $556
Iowa IA12$458−9%$458 – $955
Indiana IN26$439−12%$389 – $682
Oregon OR13$436−13%$382 – $993
New York NY17$417−17%$222 – $598
Oklahoma OK10$405−19%$326 – $749
Tennessee TN15$252−50%$252 – $444
Florida FL19$167−67%$167 – $358
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $501.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care308$489$298 – $844
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access72$524$328 – $757
Ownership
For-profit65$433$252 – $723
Government44$473$252 – $768
Non-profit277$519$332 – $878
System affiliation
Part of a system338$495$298 – $844
Independent50$534$347 – $812

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$900
Median cash price$501
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

319 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $501 and the average of the middle 60% is $505; most fall between $298 and $920.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 319 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$223$348$501$701$1,608

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($223 vs $1,608).

Of the 336 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 319 gave a usable cash price; 6 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

388 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 405 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted388
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here6
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code405

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Blood Products.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Red blood cell unit, plasma removed and irradiated (CPT P9040) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-p9040-red-blood-cell-unit-plasma-removed-and-irradiated