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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 October 2026.

How much does Sickle Cell Screening Test cost?

$6.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $6.92 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.68$3.31 to $6.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.92$6.61 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $49Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $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
$6.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.55
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$24.55
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.08
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.80
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
$3.24
Typical High
$3.31

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 17th of 51

$6.31

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.