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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Oklahoma 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.59$9.55 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$9.77 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $186
$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $13

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
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.49
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
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.37

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 47th of 51

$12.59

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.