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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Kentucky 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$11.75$9.33 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$14.45 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $32Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $12

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$102.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
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
$7.24
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.27

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$11.75

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.