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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

New York 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 York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 9 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$89.13$74.13 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$81.28 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $62 to $457Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $69 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $123professional $89

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
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$223.87
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$91.20
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$549.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$269.15
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$323.59
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$239.88

Where New York 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 York· 33rd 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.