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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 8 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$4.27$4.17 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$5.89 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $95Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $13professional $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
$6.46
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.27
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$9.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$11.48
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.75

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $5.50 · 39th 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.