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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Massachusetts 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 8 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$85.11$67.61 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$45.71 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $36 to $145Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $51 to $123
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $59professional $85

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
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$630.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$158.49
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$630.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Oregon than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $83.18 · 8th of 51
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.