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Yearly Storage of Frozen Embryos

Washington 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 Washington, 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 $457 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$195$120 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$234 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $195 to $912Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $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
$194.98
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,122.02
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$151.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$416.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 35th 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.