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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Missouri 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$21.38$15.14 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$25.12 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $22 to $66Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $12 to $35
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $21

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
$23.44
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$27.54

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th of 51

$23.44

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.