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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$70.79$66.07 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$87.10 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $66 to $174Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $52 to $100
$20$50$100$200$500facility $93professional $71

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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 50th 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.