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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Connecticut 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?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $9.33 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$4.68$4.68 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.33$6.92 to $12.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0facility $9professional $5

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
$5.50
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.51
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.13
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.77

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut $5.25 · 49th 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.