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Yearly Storage of Frozen Embryos

Iowa 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 7 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$195$195 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$219 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $195 to $589Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $83 to $724
$100$200$500facility $417professional $195

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
$194.98
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$195

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.