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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Illinois 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?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$7.08$4.07 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$14.79 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $7 to $107Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $25professional $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
$8.51
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$75.86
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.01

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 13th of 51

$8.32

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.