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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 October 2026.

How much does Automated Red Blood Cell Count cost?

$2.40

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.40 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.40 from a physician practice, and about $4.17 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$2.40$2.00 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.17$2.40 to $7.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $13Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10facility $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
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.09
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$4.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$6.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$4.07

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 48th of 51

$2.40

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.