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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

South Carolina 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $112 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$69.18$58.88 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$72.44 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $65 to $309Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $46 to $89
$10$20$50$100$200facility $112professional $69

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$114.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$69.18

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.