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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

New York 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 York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 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 9 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$229$186 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$295 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $229 to $776Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $155 to $447
$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $229

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
$229.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$549.54
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$50,118.72
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$389.05
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$676.08

Where New York 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 York· 30th 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.