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Thawing a Frozen Fertility Specimen

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 89353

Warms material that was frozen and stored for fertility treatment back to a usable state in the laboratory. The container is taken from the storage tank, thawed under carefully controlled conditions, and the contents are checked to see how well they survived before being used. It covers the thawing step alone, not the storage beforehand or the treatment that follows.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Thawing a Frozen Fertility Specimen cost?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.47$10.47 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$10.47 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $10 to $229Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $195
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $23professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$229.09

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in Hawaii than in North Carolina. 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.

New Mexico· 43rd of 51

$19.05

HI $195NC $10.47

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.