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Freezing And Storing Embryos

Minnesota 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$427$339 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$427 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,455Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $182 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $427

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
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 46th of 51

$427

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.