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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Minnesota 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?

$3.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$3.02$2.51 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$4.37 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $3 to $83Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $45professional $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
$2.82
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.62
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$21.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$7.08
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
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.72

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 21st of 51

$3.31

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.