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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$117$100 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$115 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,000Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $87 to $316
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $525professional $117

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
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$380.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$275.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$436.52

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th 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.