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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Georgia 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $191 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$110$69.18 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$117 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $79 to $324Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $62 to $224
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $191professional $110

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
$67.61
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 19th of 51

$132

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.