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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Colorado 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 Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $117 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 7 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$54.95 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$75.86 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $55 to $437Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $49 to $126
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $117professional $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
$54.95
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 38th 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.