Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Red cell volume determination (separate procedure); multiple samplings
Houston, TX
See all hospitals reporting CPT 78121 →Price type
Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $557 is 4% above the median hospital's median price ($538), higher than 57% of the 1,372 hospitals reporting CPT 78121. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 15 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
Filter by billing methodology
Filter by billing class
| # | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $123 | $123 | — | — | — | $123 – $123 |
| 2 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $123 | $123 | — | — | — | $123 – $123 |
| 3 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $131 | $131 | — | — | — | $131 – $131 |
| 4 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $135 | $135 | — | — | — | $135 – $135 |
| 5 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $135 | $135 | — | — | — | $135 – $135 |
| 6 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $155 | $155 | — | — | — | $155 – $155 |
| 7 | Humana humana hmox facility · case rate · outpatient | $173 | $173 | — | — | — | $173 – $173 |
| 8 | Healthcare Highways healthcare highways facility · case rate · outpatient | $180 | $180 | — | — | — | $180 – $180 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna multi-tier hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $242 | $242 | — | — | — | $242 – $242 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna multi-tier pos/epo facility · case rate · outpatient | $242 | $242 | — | — | — | $242 – $242 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $557 | $557 | — | — | — | $557 – $557 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $557 | $557 | — | — | — | $557 – $557 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare uhc hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
See Red blood cell volume measurement, multiple samples pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.