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Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells

Missouri 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$19.95$11.22 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$15.85 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $13 to $85Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $7 to $603
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $24professional $20

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
$11.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$29.51
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
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.02

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 4th of 51

$20.42

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.