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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Arizona 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 5 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$97.72$77.62 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$178 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $91 to $661Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $69 to $490
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $288professional $98

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
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 22nd of 51

$120

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.