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Yearly Storage of Frozen Embryos

California rates for HCPCS 89342

Covers keeping frozen embryos in secure cold storage for a year. The laboratory maintains the freezing tanks, monitors temperature continuously, keeps the identification and consent records, and reports on the stored material. It is a recurring charge for as long as the embryos are kept, separate from the fertility treatment itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Yearly Storage of Frozen Embryos cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $240 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$151$110 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$120 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $93 to $741Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $85 to $724
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $151

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
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$239.88

Where California sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Hawaii 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.

California· 48th of 51

$151

HI $1,122MT $115

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.