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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Missouri 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$89.13$72.44 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$91.20 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $66 to $676Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $68 to $282
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $214professional $89

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
$213.80
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 29th of 51

$105

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.