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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Alabama 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 4 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$20.42$18.20 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$20.42 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $20 to $54Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $32
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $20

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
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.50

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 40th of 51

$20.42

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.