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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Nevada 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$87.10$77.62 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$77.62 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $78 to $275Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $74 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $78professional $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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 40th of 51

$87.10

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.