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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Colorado 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$7.24$4.57 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$9.12 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $4 to $62Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$0.2$1$5$20facility $41professional $7

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
$7.24
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$3.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$9.55
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 19th of 51

$7.24

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.