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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Iowa 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 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$8.71$4.47 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$12.30 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $6 to $617Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$10$100$1Kfacility $26professional $9

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
$7.08
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$7.94
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$10.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.72
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.47
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$8.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$8.91

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.