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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Mississippi 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $126 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$85.11$72.44 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$85.11 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $72 to $257Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $47 to $135
$50$100$200$500facility $126professional $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
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 27th of 51

$85.11

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.