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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Missouri 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$58.88$43.65 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$63.10 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $7 to $427Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $39 to $631
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $107professional $59

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
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$100.00
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
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 29th of 51

$58.88

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.