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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

New Hampshire 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.98$12.30 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$6.46 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $4 to $138Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $31
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $59professional $17

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$79.43
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$27.54
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.59
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
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.07

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 36th of 51

$16.98

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.