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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 July 2026.

How much does Automated Red Blood Cell Count cost?

$2.82

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, 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 $4.57 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 8 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$2.29 to $2.82
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.57$3.02 to $8.32

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $18Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $7
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5professional $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
$2.82
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$7.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$2.29
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$5.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.31
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$3.02

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 31st 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.