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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

New Mexico 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 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$93.33$57.54 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$129 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,148Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $58 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $135professional $93

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 32nd of 51

$93.33

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.