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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Arizona 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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 5 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$72.44$53.70 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$64.57 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $46 to $263Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $47 to $126
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $95professional $72

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
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 44th of 51

$79.43

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.