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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Texas 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 Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$17.78$12.59 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$37.15 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $19 to $182Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $186
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $18

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
$18.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.57
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.92
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$162.18
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$81.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$33.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.57
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$104.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.62
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 28th 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.