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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Washington, DC 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?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 5 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$4.17$4.17 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$10.00 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $4 to $65Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0facility $20professional $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
$4.17
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$9.33

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC $6.76 · 29th 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.