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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

Vermont 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?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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$3.72$2.34 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$5.01 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $3 to $54Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $23professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.37
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$6.76

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 10th of 51

$3.98

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.