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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Illinois 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?

$3.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $6.61 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 $3.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$4.07 to $10.00

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $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
$2.45
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.86
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.50
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$15.49
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$3.24
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.60

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 28th of 51

$3.02

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.