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Sickle Cell Screening Test

New Mexico 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 5 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$5.25$4.17 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$8.51 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $52Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $17professional $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
$6.61
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.17

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico $5.50 · 44th 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.