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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

North Dakota 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$31.62$20.42 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$21.38 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $21 to $38Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $17 to $46
$20$50facility $28professional $32

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
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.88

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 3rd of 51

$31.62

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.