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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.09 from a physician practice, and about $4.57 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.09$1.58 to $2.82
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.57$3.02 to $7.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5professional $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
$4.27
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$8.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.29
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$4.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$6.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.79
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$3.02
2 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
$1.12
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.56

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd 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.