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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 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 $33.11 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 5 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$20.89$16.60 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$21.38 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $13 to $102Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $28
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $21

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
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$32.36
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.20

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 35th 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.