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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 8 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$89.13$70.79 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$69.18 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $19 to $417Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $68 to $170
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $107professional $89

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
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th 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.