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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Tennessee 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 6 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$4.17 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$5.50 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $4 to $55Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$1.0$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $19professional $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
$4.37
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.39
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.76

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee $4.37 · 51st 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.