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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Texas 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $209 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$74.13$63.10 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$87.10 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $59 to $1,072Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $50 to $170
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $209professional $74

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
$52.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$138.04
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$64.57
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 42nd of 51

$85.11

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.