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Freezing And Storing Embryos

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, 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 5 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$427 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$200 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,202Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $407 to $603
$200$500$1Kfacility $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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 14th 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.