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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Florida 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $100 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$83.18$67.61 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$85.11 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $28 to $204Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $47 to $105
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $100professional $83

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
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$177.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$181.97
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 29th of 51

$83.18

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.