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Irradiation of a Blood Product Before Transfusion

West Virginia 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 West Virginia, 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 $22.91 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 4 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$18.20 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$20.89 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $21 to $234Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $26
$1$5$20$100facility $23professional $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
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$102.33
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.91

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 36th 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.