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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Nebraska 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.60$15.49 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$46.77 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $27 to $288Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $186
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $162professional $17

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$186.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$37.15
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
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.55

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 37th of 51

$16.60

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.