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Red Blood Cell Fragility Test

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0123U

Measures how easily a person's red blood cells break apart under mechanical stress, using a blood sample. Fragile red cells break down faster in the circulation, which contributes to anemia. Related tests measure how cells stick to vessel walls rather than how easily they break.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cell Fragility Test cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$355$214 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$355 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,698Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $178 to $501
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $355

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
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$426.58

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 144.5 times more in South Dakota than in Florida. 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 Carolina· 6th of 51

$501

SD $692FL $4.79

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.