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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Arizona 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$61.66$45.71 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$45.71 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $30 to $141Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $41 to $107
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $74professional $62

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
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Oregon than in North Dakota. 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.

Arizona· 48th of 51

$61.66

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.