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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Maine 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?

$2.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.82 from a physician practice, and about $3.98 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$1.82$1.48 to $2.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.98$3.09 to $4.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $25Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$1$2$5$10$20facility $4professional $2

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
$2.45
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$7.24
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.98
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$7.24

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 43rd of 51

$2.45

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.