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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 July 2026.

How much does Sickle Cell Screening Test cost?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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$5.50$4.47 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$6.46 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $68Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $12professional $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
$11.75
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.76
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.61
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$70.79
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$11.22

Where Maine 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.

Maine $6.61 · 30th 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.