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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $417 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 8 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$219 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$269 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,202Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $195 to $407
$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $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
$213.80
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$588.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd 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.