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Rh Blood Group Typing By Sanger Sequencing

West 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$224$209 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$234 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $234 to $427Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $191 to $240
$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $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
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$309.03

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 40th of 51

$224

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.