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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Alaska rates for HCPCS 85041

This blood test uses an automated instrument to count the number of red blood cells in a sample. It provides information used to help evaluate conditions like anemia or other blood disorders.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Automated Red Blood Cell Count cost?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $12.59 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.76$4.17 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.59$10.00 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $3 to $37Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$2$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$57.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$12.02
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$14.79
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$37.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$7.76

AK $7.76MD $2.29

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.