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Freezing Sperm for Later Use

Arizona rates for HCPCS 89259

Laboratory work to freeze a sperm sample so it can be kept for use in fertility treatment later. The sample is mixed with a protective solution, cooled in controlled steps and placed into liquid nitrogen. It covers the freezing work itself; keeping the sample in storage over time is charged separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing Sperm for Later Use cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$200$145 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$100 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $35 to $263Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $115 to $245
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $148professional $200

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Hawaii. 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.

Arizona· 31st of 51

$191

SD $269HI $105

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.