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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Georgia 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $129 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 6 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$67.61 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$97.72 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $81 to $200Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $49 to $126
$50$100$200facility $129professional $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
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$138.04
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$186.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$97.72

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 26th of 51

$85.11

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.