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Yearly Storage of Frozen Embryos

Minnesota 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$209$151 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$269 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $195 to $759Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $120 to $263
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $209

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
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$758.58
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$240

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.