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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 October 2026.

How much does Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$13.80 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$3.89 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $4 to $45Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $30
$5$10$20$50facility $22professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.05
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.57

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 41st of 51

$15.14

AK $105KY $11.75

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.