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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 October 2026.

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

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $141 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$41.69 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$64.57 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $13 to $3,631Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $42 to $105
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $141professional $59

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$269.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,365.16
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
$28.18
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 26th of 51

$61.66

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.