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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

Rhode Island 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 4 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$200$200 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$339 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,288Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $170 to $282
$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $200

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$407.38

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 48th of 51

$209

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.