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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Virginia 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $105 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$81.28$53.70 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$81.28 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $66 to $309Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $49 to $105
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $105professional $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
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$79.43
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$138.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$190.55
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$316.23
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 28th of 51

$83.18

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.