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Freezing And Storing Embryos

Rhode Island 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$339$324 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$871 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,995Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $309 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,202professional $339

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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 7th of 51

$525

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.