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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 July 2026.

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

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 9 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$12.59 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$23.99 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $18 to $275Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $51
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $41professional $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
$18.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$97.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$67.61
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$46.77
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$57.54
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$141.25
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$32.36
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$70.79

Where New York 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 York· 30th of 51

$20.89

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.