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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Missouri 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $9.33 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 7 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$5.37$3.80 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.33$6.76 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $45Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $15
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $9professional $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
$4.79
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$17.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$14.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$7.41

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $7.41 · 24th 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.