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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

Illinois 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 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 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$234$214 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$288 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $234 to $617Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $155 to $490
$200$500$1Kfacility $427professional $234

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
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$269

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.