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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Louisiana 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?

$3.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.75 from a physician practice, and about $3.89 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.75$1.74 to $3.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.89$3.02 to $6.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$1$2$5$10facility $4professional $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
$3.24
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.47
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$3.98

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$3.24

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.