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Red Blood Cell Survival Study

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 78135

A nuclear medicine study in which a sample of the patient's own red blood cells is tagged with a small amount of radioactive tracer, returned to the bloodstream, and then measured on repeat samples over a period of days to see how long those cells last in circulation. A short red cell lifespan points to cells being destroyed or lost rather than simply not being made.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cell Survival Study cost?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $955 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$417 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$759 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,239Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$199.53
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$77.62
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 55.0 times more in Oklahoma than in South Carolina. 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 32

$525

OK $1,660SC $30.20

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.