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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Louisiana 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$12.59 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$7.08 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $6 to $83Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $34
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $15

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
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.92
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.85

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 42nd of 51

$15.14

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.