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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Indiana 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 Indiana, 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 $97.72 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$48.98 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$41.69 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $33 to $151Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $42 to $89
$50$100facility $98professional $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
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$85.11

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 36th of 51

$69.18

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.