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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

Iowa 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 8 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$245$219 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$282 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $219 to $813Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $170 to $617
$200$500$1Kfacility $427professional $245

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
$218.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$707.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 21st of 51

$275

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.