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Sickle Cell Screening Test

South Dakota 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$33.88$6.61 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$25.12 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $10 to $54Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $4 to $56
$5$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $34

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
$32.36
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$56.23
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$25.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.76
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in West Virginia than in Tennessee. 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 Dakota· 2nd of 51

$33.88

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.