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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 July 2026.

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

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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$22.91$16.98 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$6.46 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $3 to $135Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $26
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $59professional $23

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$41.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.30
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10.23

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 19th of 51

$22.91

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.