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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Ohio 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?

$2.82

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.82 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.40 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 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 9 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$1.82 to $2.82
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$3.16 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $6
$2$5$10facility $6professional $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
$2.88
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$7.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$3.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.47
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$5.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$11.48
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$5.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.72
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$4.17

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 34th of 51

$2.82

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.