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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

New Mexico 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?

$3.31

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.45$1.82 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$5.25 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $3 to $28Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $6
$2$5$10$20facility $12professional $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
$2.29
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.86

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 25th of 51

$3.31

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.