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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

Maine 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 Maine, 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 $457 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 6 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$229 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$282 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,820Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $170 to $288
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $457professional $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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$707.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 14th 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.