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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

New York 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$41.69 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$77.62 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $44 to $295Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $39 to $81
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $178professional $50

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
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$239.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$204.17
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
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
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.22

Where New York 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 York· 41st of 51

$50.12

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.