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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 October 2026.

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

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, 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 $102 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$85.11$67.61 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$50.12 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $36 to $3,631Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $59 to $631
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $102professional $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
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$245.47
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$263.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$245.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
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
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th 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.