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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Alaska rates for HCPCS 86930

Preparing and freezing a unit of donated blood so that it can be kept in long-term storage. Freezing is used mainly for rare blood types and for building a reserve of units that would otherwise expire within a few weeks in the refrigerator.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood cost?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $112 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$97.72$81.28 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$81.28 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $65 to $603Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $66 to $457
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $112professional $98

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
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$281.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$281.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$302.00

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in North Dakota 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.

Alaska· 13th of 51

$97.72

ND $129RI $66.07

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.