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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Minnesota 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $457 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$195$145 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$275 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,698Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $107 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $457professional $195

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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$204

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.