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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Alabama 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?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $3.55 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$4.79$2.88 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.55$2.88 to $4.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$0.2$0.5$1$2$5$10facility $4professional $5

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
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.79

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 44th of 51

$3.98

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.