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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Georgia 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 October 2026.

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

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.20$12.30 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$21.38 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $19 to $62Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $8 to $46
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $18

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$67.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$295.12
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$51.29
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.13

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Georgia· 34th of 51

$18.20

AK $105KY $11.75

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.