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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Louisiana 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 4 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$85.11$70.79 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$129 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $123 to $525Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $49 to $135
$50$100$200$500facility $162professional $85

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
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$97.72

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.