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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0198U

Determines a person's Rh blood group by reading both Rh genes, RHD and RHCE. This version uses Sanger sequencing, the older gene-by-gene reading method, rather than next-generation sequencing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 4 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$219$170 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$191 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $166 to $417Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $170 to $324
$200$500facility $257professional $219

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
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$281.84

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Alabama· 37th of 51

$234

AK $631NE $186

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.