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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Oregon 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 Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 8 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$110$77.62 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$123 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $85 to $224Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $54 to $245
$50$100$200$500facility $166professional $110

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
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$123.03

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 2nd 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.