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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Oklahoma 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$43.65$34.67 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$58.88 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $17 to $107Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $31 to $631
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $63professional $44

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
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
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
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.79

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 47th of 51

$43.65

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.