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Sickle Cell Screening Test

North Carolina 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$5.50$4.37 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$6.92 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $5 to $91Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $18professional $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
$19.95
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.76
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $9.12 · 11th 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.