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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.60$12.59 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$42.66 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $22 to $98Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $50professional $17

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
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.37
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$54.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.20
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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.50

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 27th 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.