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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 July 2026.

How much does Automated Red Blood Cell Count cost?

$2.82

Typical negotiated rate. In West 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 $8.32 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 5 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 $2.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$4.57 to $8.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$1.0$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0facility $8professional $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
$2.45
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$18.20
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$27.54
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$3.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$4.17

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

West Virginia $2.82 · 35th of 51
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.