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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

Colorado 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 7 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$214$170 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$427 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,445Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $117 to $302
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $214

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
$213.80
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 4th of 51

$363

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.