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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Montana 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$17.78$16.98 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$30.20 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $20 to $129Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $48
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $48professional $18

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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$39.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$112.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 26th of 51

$21.38

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.