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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

New Hampshire 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$141$102 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$380 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $380 to $631Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $98 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $141

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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$398.11

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 13th of 51

$148

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.