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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Georgia 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$47.86$39.81 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$63.10 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $37 to $209Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $26 to $166
$50$100$200facility $87professional $48

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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$173.78
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.38

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 44th of 51

$47.86

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.