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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $93.33 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$46.77 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$69.18 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $56 to $224Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $42 to $89
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $93professional $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
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$128.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$50.12
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd 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.