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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Utah 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $363 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$91.20$67.61 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$245 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $68 to $468Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $49 to $145
$5$20$100$500facility $363professional $91

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
$67.61
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 16th of 51

$91.20

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.