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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Florida 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 8 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$4.07$2.51 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$10.00 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $5 to $417Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $12
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $26professional $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
$5.50
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$16.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10.00
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$9.12
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$870.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.01
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.15

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 37th of 51

$4.27

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.