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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Louisiana 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$85.11$43.65 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$38.02 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $35 to $178Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $35 to $115
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $55professional $85

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
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$85.11

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.