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Freezing And Storing Embryos

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 89258

Freezing embryos created during IVF and putting them into long-term storage so they can be thawed and transferred in a later cycle. Freezing lets a couple use spare embryos later without going through another round of egg collection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing And Storing Embryos cost?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 4 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$525$490 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$631 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,738Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,259
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $525

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Vermont than in Montana. 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.

Connecticut· 8th of 51

$525

VT $1,514MT $324

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.