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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Kentucky 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$67.61$23.99 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$81.28 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $76 to $245Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $19 to $93
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $68

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
$81.28
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$48.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$89.13

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$70.79

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.