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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 85660

This blood test checks whether red blood cells change into a sickle, or crescent, shape under low-oxygen conditions. It is used as a screening test for sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sickle Cell Screening Test cost?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$12.30$7.59 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$18.62 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $5 to $65Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $23
$5$10$20$50facility $24professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$79.43
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$35.48
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$37.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$12.30

VT $51.29MD $4.17

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.