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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Massachusetts 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 9 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$25.70$19.50 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$34.67 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $22 to $123Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $39
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $46professional $26

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
$16.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$45.71
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$34.67
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$40.74
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$25.70

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.