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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Louisiana 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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$5.89$4.17 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$6.61 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $38Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$1.0$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0facility $8professional $6

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
$5.89
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$7.76

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $7.08 · 25th 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.