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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

New Jersey 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$20.42$16.98 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$34.67 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $27 to $10,471Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $32
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $48professional $20

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
$15.14
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$45.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.11

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 25th of 51

$21.88

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.