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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 July 2026.

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

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$72.44$60.26 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$100 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $45 to $355Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $44 to $115
$20$50$100$200$500facility $115professional $72

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
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$77.62

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.