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Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells

Massachusetts 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.50$13.18 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$14.45 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $45Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $603
$10$100$1Kfacility $20professional $19

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
$9.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$45.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$39.81
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$51.29
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$39.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$33.11
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.99
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.59
3 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
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$9.12
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 51

$19.50

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.