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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

Utah 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 6 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$22.91$16.98 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$72.44 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $17 to $537Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $50
$1$5$20$100$500facility $91professional $23

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
$16.98
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$2.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 18th of 51

$22.91

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.