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Freezing And Storing Embryos

Massachusetts 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 8 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$603$427 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$631 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,585Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,585
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $603

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
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,513.56
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$630.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 4th of 51

$708

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.