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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Pennsylvania 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 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$20.89$18.62 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$25.70 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $21 to $120Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $14 to $27
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $45professional $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
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.37
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$102.33
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$81.28
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.37
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.38
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 21st of 51

$20.89

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.