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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Nebraska 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.40 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 7 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$2.40$2.00 to $6.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$7.08 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $2 to $38Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $20
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $2

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
$7.08
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.92
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$3.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.17
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$6.03

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 1st of 51

$4.90

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.