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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Idaho 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 8 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$93.33$79.43 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$100 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $78 to $447Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $68 to $195
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $138professional $93

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 6th of 51

$107

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.