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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Utah 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 7 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$110$70.79 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$110 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,660Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $22 to $158
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $110

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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$190.55
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 28th of 51

$110

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.