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Freezing And Storing Embryos

New York 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 New York, 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 $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 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$427$398 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$389 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,000Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $324 to $692
$100$1K$10Kfacility $490professional $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
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,165.95
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where New York 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.

New York· 47th 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.