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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Montana 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $135 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 5 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$135$87.10 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$135 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $132 to $380Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $87 to $490
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $135professional $135

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,148.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$135

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.