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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Alaska rates for HCPCS 86945

This process treats a unit of donated blood or a blood product with radiation before it is given to a patient. Irradiation inactivates white blood cells in the donated blood, preventing a rare but serious complication where the donor's immune cells attack the recipient's body.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion cost?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$23.99$20.42 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$21.88 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $16 to $224Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $16 to $112
$5$20$100$500facility $32professional $24

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
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$70.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$151.36
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$79.43

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Oregon 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.

Alaska· 14th of 51

$23.99

OR $32.36RI $16.60

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.