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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 July 2026.

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

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$18.20$16.98 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$26.92 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $18 to $182Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $41
$20$50$100$200$500facility $47professional $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
$18.20
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$186.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.88

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 49th of 51

$18.20

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.