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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

Connecticut 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$186$155 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$282 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $282 to $776Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $151 to $316
$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $186

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
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 39th of 51

$229

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.