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Red Blood Cell Mechanical Fragility

Virginia 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.89$4.27 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$8.51 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $42Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $13professional $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
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.61
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$23.99
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.12
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
$3.24
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.62

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$6.92

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.