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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

New Hampshire 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$77.62$58.88 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$58.88 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $11 to $3,981Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $42 to $89
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $65professional $78

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$165.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire $77.62 · 17th 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.