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Sickle Cell Screening Test

North Dakota 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?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.32$6.17 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$3.89 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $48Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $8

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$9.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.33

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 7th of 51

$8.32

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.