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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Tennessee 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $117 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 5 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$85.11$66.07 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$85.11 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $44 to $437Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $49 to $107
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $117professional $85

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
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$120.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$85.11

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.