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Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells

Colorado 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.18$9.77 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$23.99 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $10 to $60Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $29
$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $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
$10.00
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$19.05
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$26.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$27.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$24.55
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
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$3.47

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 9th of 51

$18.20

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.