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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Idaho 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?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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 7 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$3.24 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$10.23 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $4 to $50Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $19
$1$5$20$100$500facility $24professional $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
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$9.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.50
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.22
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.17

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 43rd of 51

$4.07

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.