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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

California 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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 9 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$4.47$3.31 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$2,818 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $912 to $12,023Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $18
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $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
$3.80
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$29.51
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$10.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$9.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$10.23

Where California 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.

California· 2nd of 51

$14.45

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.