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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

Kansas 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$275$214 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$302 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $263 to $661Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $170 to $355
$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $275

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
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$426.58

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 15th of 51

$282

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.