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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Iowa 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 Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$69.18 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$93.33 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $79 to $417Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $49 to $166
$50$100$200$500facility $200professional $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
$79.43
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$138.04
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 25th 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.