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Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells

Georgia 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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$12.02$5.75 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$12.30 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $46Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $4 to $26
$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $12

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
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$51.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$34.67
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
$4.37
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.51

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 35th of 51

$12.59

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.