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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 October 2026.

How much does Sickle Cell Screening Test cost?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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$4.37$3.63 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$4.37 to $12.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $4

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
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$0.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$8.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.59

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 49th of 51

$4.37

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.