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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78121

A nuclear medicine test that measures the total volume of red blood cells circulating in the body. A small quantity of the person's own red cells is tagged with a tracer and returned to the bloodstream, and blood drawn afterwards is measured to calculate the total.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement cost?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$117$74.13 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$437 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $98 to $933Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $68 to $141
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $589professional $117

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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$117

WY $372FL $69.18

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.