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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$43.65 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$40.74 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $41 to $89Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $35 to $115
$5$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $66

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Arkansas· 36th of 51

$53.70

AK $355HI $38.02

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.