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Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells

Oklahoma 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.77$7.76 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$12.02 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $35Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $603
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $12professional $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
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$25.12

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 38th of 51

$12.02

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.