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Automated Red Blood Cell Count

West 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 West 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 $5.89 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.09$1.70 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.89$4.07 to $7.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $8
$1$2$5$10facility $6professional $2

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$18.20
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.85
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$8.13

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 40th 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.