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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

North Carolina 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 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 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$67.61$67.61 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$67.61 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $68 to $380Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $68 to $200
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $135professional $68

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
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 50th of 51

$69.18

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.