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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

North Dakota 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $102 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$148$85.11 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$85.11 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $85 to $151Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $69 to $200
$50$100$200facility $102professional $148

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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$131.83

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 1st of 51

$129

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.