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Sickle Cell Screening Test

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$4.90$4.27 to $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$8.71 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $5 to $85Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $19professional $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
$6.31
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.80
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$15.49
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$5.89
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.94

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $7.41 · 21st 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.