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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Michigan 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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$85.11$67.61 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$4.57 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $3 to $182Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $2 to $112
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $98professional $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
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 22nd of 51

$87.10

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.