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Freezing Sperm for Later Use

Missouri 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 6 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$245$151 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$245 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $158 to $9,550Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $112 to $275
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $288professional $245

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
$245.47
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 2nd of 51

$245

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.