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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Automated Red Blood Cell Count cost?

$2.75

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.69 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.69$2.40 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$2.63 to $13.80

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $35Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $4professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$4.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$5.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$4.17
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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.

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$2.75

NE $4.90DC $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.