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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, 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 $468 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$224$174 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$372 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $282 to $2,818Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $151 to $324
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $468professional $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
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 33rd 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.