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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

South Carolina 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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$3.02$3.02 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$8.13 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $27Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $13professional $3

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
$2.34
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.75
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.98
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$0.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 11th of 51

$3.80

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.