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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

North Carolina 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$224$224 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$224 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $224 to $933Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $186 to $457
$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $224

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
$223.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$240

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.