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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Florida 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 7 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$66.07$50.12 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$123 to $46,774

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $50 to $125,893Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $50 to $112
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $562professional $66

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
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$562.34
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$199.53
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$58,884.37
Typical High
$169,824.37
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$69.18

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.