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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Connecticut 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$6.03$3.02 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$10.72 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $3 to $347Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $23professional $6

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
$11.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$10.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.02
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.99
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$5.89

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 17th of 51

$7.41

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.