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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Oklahoma 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 4 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$70.79$58.88 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$58.88 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $48 to $1,122Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $50 to $112
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $100professional $71

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
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 48th of 51

$70.79

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.