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Red Blood Cell Mechanical Fragility

Rhode Island 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 July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cell Mechanical Fragility cost?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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 4 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$4.37$3.02 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$8.71 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $36Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $4

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
$4.68
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Rhode Island. 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.

Rhode Island· 51st of 51

$6.46

SD $16.60RI $6.46

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.