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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 October 2026.

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

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $166 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$56.23$43.65 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$148 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $76 to $331Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $33 to $100
$10$20$50$100$200facility $166professional $56

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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 28th 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.