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Freezing And Storing Embryos

Iowa 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $912 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 7 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$550$490 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$490 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,089Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,585
$500$1K$2Kfacility $912professional $550

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
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$676

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.