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Freezing And Storing Embryos

Texas 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 Texas, 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 $631 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 9 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$380 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$468 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,692Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $229 to $631
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $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
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$549.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60,255.96
Median
$60,255.96
Typical High
$60,255.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,398,832.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 35th 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.