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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Maine 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 October 2026.

How much does Sickle Cell Screening Test cost?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.31 from a physician practice, and about $6.92 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.31$2.69 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.92$5.37 to $8.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $45Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.76
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$13.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.24
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$13.18

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Maine· 46th of 51

$4.47

VT $51.29MD $4.17

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.