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Red Blood Cell Mechanical Fragility

New York 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.92 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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$6.92$4.27 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$8.51 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $33Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $15professional $7

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
$4.79
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$22.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$19.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$57.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$16.60
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.02
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.88
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$33.11
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.02
2 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
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.45

Where New York 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.

New York· 32nd of 51

$7.59

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.