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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Arizona 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?

$2.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.82 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 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$1.82$1.58 to $2.40
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$2.88 to $9.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $14Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $6professional $2

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
$2.29
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$2.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$3.72
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.40

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 39th of 51

$2.51

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.