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Preparing An Embryo For Transfer

Texas rates for HCPCS 89255

The laboratory work of getting an embryo ready to be placed into the womb: selecting it, checking it under the microscope, and loading it into the fine catheter the doctor will use for the transfer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Preparing An Embryo For Transfer cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$158 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$87.10 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $55 to $347Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $158 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $155professional $263

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
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$331.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$707.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in South Dakota than in Arkansas. 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.

Texas· 41st of 51

$204

SD $427AR $57.54

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.