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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$83.18$67.61 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$123 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $95 to $11,482Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $49 to $123
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $151professional $83

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
$48.98
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$169.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 24th 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.