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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Delaware 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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 4 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$4.57$4.57 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$5.75 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $5 to $98Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $68professional $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
$4.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$10.23
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.76

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware $7.59 · 19th 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.