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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, 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 $115 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$69.18 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$85.11 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $74 to $316Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $47 to $105
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $115professional $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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd 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.