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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Florida 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 Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 8 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$4.90$4.57 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$10.23 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $5 to $81Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $59
$0.5$2.0$10.0$50.0facility $21professional $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
$20.89
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.80
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.46
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$42.66
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.50

Where Florida 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.

Florida $6.76 · 28th 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.