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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Iowa 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $316 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$129$70.79 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$174 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $66 to $1,445Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $66 to $562
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $316professional $129

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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$446.68
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$151

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.