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Freezing And Storing Embryos

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, 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 $490 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$490$490 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$389 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,349Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $295 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $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
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 31st 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.