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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 October 2026.

How much does Sickle Cell Screening Test cost?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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$4.37$3.16 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$6.76 to $12.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $20Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$5$10$20facility $11professional $4

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
$4.17
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$1.32
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.39
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.92

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 43rd of 51

$4.68

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.