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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Indiana 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 Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $282 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 5 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$50.12 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$85.11 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $48 to $692Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $28 to $105
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $282professional $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
$85.11
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$48.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$97.72

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 35th 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.