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Red Blood Cell Mechanical Fragility

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 85547

A blood test that measures how easily red blood cells break apart when they are physically stressed in the laboratory. Cells that rupture more readily than normal point to a weakness in the red cell membrane, the outer wall that holds the cell together.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cell Mechanical Fragility cost?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.13$5.37 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$8.32 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23
$10$100$1Kfacility $12professional $8

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
$6.03
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.77
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$25.12
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$33.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$33.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$25.12
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$18.20
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.14
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.94
3 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
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.18

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Kansas than in Nebraska. 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$9.12

KS $26.92NE $5.75

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.