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Short-Term Egg Or Embryo Culture

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 89250

Laboratory care of eggs or embryos in a controlled incubator during the first days after they are combined with sperm, keeping them at the right temperature and nutrient balance so they can develop. Staff check development at set points before the embryos are transferred or frozen. It is part of in vitro fertilization treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Short-Term Egg Or Embryo Culture cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$1,000 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$776 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $56 to $1,000Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $1,995
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $1,000professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$8,317.64
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Wyoming than in Oklahoma. 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.

Washington, DC· 20th of 51

$1,000

WY $1,622OK $417

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.