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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Michigan 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?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 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$5.25$4.17 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$5.25 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $21Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$5$10$20facility $6professional $5

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
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.12
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$26.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.05
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.08

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 31st of 51

$5.25

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.