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Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells

Minnesota 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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$13.18$11.75 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$12.30 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $12 to $245Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $29
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $30professional $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
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.12
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$95.50
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$34.67
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
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.16

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 21st of 51

$14.79

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.