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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Minnesota 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 6 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$31.62$25.12 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$57.54 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $28 to $170Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $19 to $32
$20$50$100$200facility $74professional $32

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
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$42.66
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$162.18
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$41.69

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$31.62

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.