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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Ohio 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 8 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$102$87.10 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$105 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,349Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $71 to $204
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $245professional $102

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
$70.79
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 26th of 51

$112

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.