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Freezing And Storing Embryos

Illinois 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 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 6 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$490$389 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$490 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,311Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,175
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $490

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
$489.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 30th of 51

$490

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.