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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Idaho 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 8 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$145$95.50 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$398 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,862Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $79 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $145

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,905.46
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 7th of 51

$155

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.