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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Idaho 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?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 7 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$5.50$5.13 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$8.71 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $5 to $38Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $14professional $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
$12.88
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.75
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$21.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$9.12

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho $8.71 · 13th 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.