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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

New Mexico 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$21.38$12.59 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$85.11 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $26 to $617Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $60
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $245professional $21

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
$20.89
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.59
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
$9.12
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 18th of 51

$22.39

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.