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Red Blood Cell Volume Measurement

Wyoming 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $372.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $98 to $437Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $138 to $372
$100$200facility $98professional $372

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 1st of 51

$372

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.