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Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells

Illinois 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$5.89 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$17.78 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $78Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $20
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $25professional $10

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
$10.72
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$234.42
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.34

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 50th of 51

$10.00

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.