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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 October 2026.

How much does Automated Red Blood Cell Count cost?

$2.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.82 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$1.82$1.82 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$5.75 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $2 to $54Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$2.00
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.75
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.92
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$11.75
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.50
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$6.03

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 44th of 51

$2.45

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.