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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Kentucky 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?

$2.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.69 from a physician practice, and about $3.02 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 6 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$2.69$1.95 to $2.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.02$2.45 to $5.75

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$1.0$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0facility $3professional $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
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$4.07
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.27
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$4.17

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Kentucky $2.69 · 48th of 51
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.