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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Arkansas 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 Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $178 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$77.62$69.18 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$135 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $105 to $245Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $54 to $135
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $178professional $78

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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 37th 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.