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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 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 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$282$214 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$282 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $200 to $912Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $170 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $282

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
$199.53
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
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
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$645.65

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 16th 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.