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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Michigan 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 6 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$58.88 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$8.13 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $6 to $155Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $4 to $98
$5$10$20$50$100facility $83professional $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
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$138.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 20th of 51

$74.13

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.