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Sickle Cell Screening Test

South Carolina 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$5.50$5.01 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$13.49 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $6 to $49Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $5

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$7.76
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.87

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 11th of 51

$6.92

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.