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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Maryland 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?

$2.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.29 from a physician practice, and about $2.75 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.29$1.95 to $2.40
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.75$2.00 to $3.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$2$5facility $3professional $2

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.75
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$2.51
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.45

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 51st of 51

$2.29

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.