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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

Arizona 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $437 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$191$155 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$282 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,148Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $117 to $282
$200$500$1Kfacility $437professional $191

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
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 43rd of 51

$219

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.