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Red Blood Cell Mechanical Fragility

Nebraska 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.13$5.13 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$16.98 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $5 to $54Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $21
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $5

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
$5.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$27.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.85
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$17.38

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 51st of 51

$5.75

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.