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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Missouri 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?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.95 from a physician practice, and about $5.37 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$2.95$1.82 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.37$3.80 to $10.96

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $100Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $5professional $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
$2.57
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$4.07
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
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.69

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 14th of 51

$3.63

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.