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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Nevada 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?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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$4.17 to $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$5.13 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $145Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $9professional $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
$4.27
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$13.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.76
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.91
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.91
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada $5.25 · 47th 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.