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Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells

Indiana 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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$9.77$4.57 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$11.75 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $39Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $23
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $13professional $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
$19.50
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.70
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.99
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
$4.90
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.89

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$10.72

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.