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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 July 2026.

How much does Sickle Cell Screening Test cost?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $5.01 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 6 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$12.30$6.17 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.01$5.01 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $43Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0facility $5professional $12

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
$23.99
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$17.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$35.48
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$37.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in West Virginia than in Tennessee. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $10.23 · 8th of 51
WV $40.74TN $4.37

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.