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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

North Dakota 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $79.43 to $214.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $79 to $174Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $68 to $240
$100$200facility $81professional $182

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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 5th of 51

$166

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.