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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Iowa 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?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $4.68 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.02$2.34 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.68$3.72 to $7.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $5professional $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
$2.34
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.92
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.22
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.17
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$3.63

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.