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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Delaware 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 Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.40 from a physician practice, and about $3.16 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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$2.40$1.82 to $3.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.16$2.51 to $7.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $20Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20facility $3professional $2

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
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$18.20
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$20.42
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$4.17

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 38th 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.