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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

North Carolina 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$16.22 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$21.88 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $18 to $43Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $14 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $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
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$21.88

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.