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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Texas 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 8 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 $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$72.44 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $59 to $372Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $46 to $107
$20$50$100$200$500facility $107professional $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
$63.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$125.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 31st of 51

$70.79

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.