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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Arkansas 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?

$3.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $3.47 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$3.02$1.95 to $4.68
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.47$3.47 to $4.68

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$1$2$5facility $3professional $3

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.68
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$4.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$5.01

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 15th of 51

$3.47

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.