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Sickle Cell Screening Test

West 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 5 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$4.37$4.17 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$10.00 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $10 to $69Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $52professional $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
$9.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.59
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$38.02
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$83.18
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.76

Where West 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.

West Virginia $40.74 · 1st 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.