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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Rhode Island 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 4 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$56.23$52.48 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$45.71 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $45 to $324Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $51 to $105
$50$100$200facility $83professional $56

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$147.91

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Oregon than in North Dakota. 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.

Rhode Island· 50th of 51

$56.23

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.