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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$67.61$61.66 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$158 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $62 to $2,291Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $62 to $138
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $68

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
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$177.83

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 49th 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.