go back

Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Arizona 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 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 5 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$19.95$13.18 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$19.95 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $14 to $115Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $32
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $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
$23.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.20

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 46th of 51

$19.95

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.