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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Rhode Island 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 4 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$64.57$61.66 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$240 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $195 to $468Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $54 to $120
$50$100$200$500facility $380professional $65

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$173.78

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 51st of 51

$66.07

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.