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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 78120

A nuclear medicine study that measures the total volume of red blood cells circulating in the body. A small amount of a radioactive marker is attached to blood cells and returned to the bloodstream, then measured in blood drawn once it has mixed through the circulation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $891 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$107 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$513 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,778Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $79 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Alabama than in Texas. 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$158

AL $479TX $66.07

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.