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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

New York 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 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 $44.67 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.20$12.30 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$18.20 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $13 to $112Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $22
$10$20$50$100$200facility $45professional $18

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
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$70.79
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$58.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.88
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$66.07
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
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
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.79

Where New York 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 York· 30th of 51

$18.20

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.