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Red Blood Cell Mechanical Fragility

Nevada 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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$6.31$4.27 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$8.51 to $12.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $31Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$10$100$1Kfacility $10professional $6

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
$6.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.30
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.13
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$20.89

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 26th of 51

$8.51

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.