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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86932

Covers both halves of long-term blood storage: preparing and freezing a unit of donated blood, and later thawing and washing it so it is ready to transfuse. Frozen storage is used mainly for rare blood types and for holding a reserve supply.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood cost?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$69.18$61.66 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$37.15 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $30 to $69Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $44 to $110
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $47professional $69

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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Oregon than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $69.18 · 39th of 51
OR $112ND $50.12

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.