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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Mississippi 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 5 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$18.62 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$26.30 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $19 to $43Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $31professional $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
$18.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.84

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 20th of 51

$22.91

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.