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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Utah 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$5.13$4.47 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$10.96 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $6 to $151Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $37professional $5

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
$6.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$10.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$24.55
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.08
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.76

Where Utah 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.

Utah $5.50 · 43rd 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.