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Red Blood Cell Survival Study

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 78130

A nuclear medicine test that tags a sample of a person's own red blood cells with a small amount of radioactive material, returns them to the bloodstream, and then measures over the following days how quickly they disappear. It shows whether red cells are being destroyed faster than they should be.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cell Survival Study cost?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$107$107 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$107 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $107 to $389Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $107 to $316
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $204professional $107

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
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.6 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.

North Carolina· 49th of 51

$115

WY $490FL $107

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.