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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36416

Collection of a small blood sample by pricking the skin, typically at a fingertip, heel, or earlobe, instead of drawing blood from a vein. It covers only obtaining the sample; the laboratory tests run on it are billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick cost?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 6 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$10.96$4.37 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$7.76 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $4 to $52Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $3 to $31
$1$10$100facility $40professional $11

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$44.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$60.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$44.67
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$79.43

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$19.95

AK $19.95DE $2.95

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.