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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Ohio 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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 9 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$4.37$3.39 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$6.92 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $58Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $16
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $12professional $4

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
$5.50
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$67.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$10.47
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$42.66
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$10.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.76
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.76

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio $6.61 · 31st 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.