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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Pennsylvania 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?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$87.10$72.44 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$145 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $110 to $741Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $51 to $110
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $214professional $87

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
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$165.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$398.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$114.82

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 21st of 51

$89.13

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.