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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Missouri 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $135 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$53.70 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$95.50 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $78 to $263Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $46 to $138
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $135professional $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
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$93.33

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.