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Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 88240

Cells grown in the laboratory from a patient sample are frozen under controlled conditions and placed in long-term storage. This preserves a living line of the person's cells so that further testing can be done later without collecting a new sample.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells cost?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.18$11.75 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$14.79 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $20Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $18
$10$20facility $15professional $13

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
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.95
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Arkansas· 22nd of 51

$14.79

AK $29.51NJ $9.12

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.