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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

South Dakota 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 7 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$339$219 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$537 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $324 to $537Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $191 to $676
$200$500facility $537professional $339

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
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 2nd of 51

$427

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.