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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Pennsylvania 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$79.43$69.18 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$145 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $79 to $562Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $66 to $151
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $79

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
$79.43
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$151.36
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$512.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$213.80
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$91.20

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.