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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Kentucky 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 6 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$81.28$69.18 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$69.18 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $24 to $155Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $63 to $200
$20$50$100$200$500facility $71professional $81

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
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$81.28

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.