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Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells

Nebraska 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$12.30 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$19.95 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $8 to $224Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $603
$5$20$100$500facility $87professional $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
$8.71
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$602.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$25.12

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 28th of 51

$13.49

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.