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Freezing And Storing Embryos

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, 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 $525 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$398 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$490 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $447 to $977Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,585
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $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
$954.99
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 40th 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.