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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

New Jersey 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$87.10$74.13 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$234 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,380Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $68 to $155
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $324professional $87

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
$91.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,884.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 38th of 51

$91.20

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.