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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Washington, DC 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$74.13$74.13 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$74.13 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $74 to $2,754Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $74 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $74professional $74

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$281.84

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 46th of 51

$74.13

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.