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Yearly Storage of Frozen Embryos

South Dakota 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 5 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$200$155 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$200 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $200 to $263Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $120 to $398
$100$200$500facility $200professional $200

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 10th of 51

$200

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.