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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 July 2026.

How much does Automated Red Blood Cell Count cost?

$3.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.88 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.88$2.34 to $6.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$3.63 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $98Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $20
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.92
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$8.51
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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· 11th of 51

$3.55

NE $4.90DC $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.