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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Nevada 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $229 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$81.28$60.26 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$110 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $91 to $891Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $49 to $126
$5$20$100$500facility $229professional $81

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
$91.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$12.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$83.18

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 39th of 51

$81.28

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.