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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Kentucky 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?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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$4.37$2.88 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$5.50 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $105Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $13professional $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
$4.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$7.76
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.76
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.76

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky $5.01 · 50th 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.