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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Rhode Island 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.49$15.49 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$45.71 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $46 to $87Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $54professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.88

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 38th of 51

$15.49

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.