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Freezing Sperm for Later Use

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$166$120 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$245 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $182 to $871Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $112 to $245
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $166

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
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$776.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 11th 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.