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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Montana 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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$7.41$5.01 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$7.94 to $10.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $13Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$5$10$20facility $9professional $7

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
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.22
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$5.50

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$7.94

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.