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Difficult Blood Draw Requiring A Provider's Skill

Maine rates for HCPCS 36410

A blood draw performed by a physician or other qualified provider because it required extra skill to access the vein, rather than a routine draw handled by lab staff. It applies to patients age three and older when vein access is unusually difficult, not to typical, straightforward blood draws.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Difficult Blood Draw Requiring A Provider's Skill cost?

$16.98

Typical physician fee. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13.49 to $26.30.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $14 to $20Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $32
$10$20facility $14professional $17

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$34.67
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$35.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.63
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.63

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Louisiana. 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.

Maine· 42nd of 51

$16.98

WI $44.67LA $14.45

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.