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Yearly Storage of Frozen Embryos

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, 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 $339 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$195$120 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$295 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $195 to $676Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $110 to $257
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $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
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 39th 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.