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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Alabama 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$81.28$72.44 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$40.74 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $36 to $234Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $51 to $129
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $81

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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 41st of 51

$81.28

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.