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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Montana 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$53.70 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$120 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $110 to $219Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $44 to $155
$50$100$200$500facility $123professional $102

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$269.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$102.33
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
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 6th of 51

$120

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.