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Sickle Cell Screening Test

Vermont 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$6.76$3.98 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$51.29 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $40 to $251Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $60professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.33
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.30

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 1st of 51

$51.29

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.