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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

New Jersey 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?

$2.34

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.34 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.09 from a physician practice, and about $7.76 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.09$2.04 to $2.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$2.95 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $2 to $195Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$1$5$20$100facility $8professional $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
$2.34
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$0.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.86
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$8.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$3.02
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.51

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 50th of 51

$2.34

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.