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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Indiana 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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$5.01$3.02 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$6.46 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $490Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$2$10$50$200facility $10professional $5

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
$4.68
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.77
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.16

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 27th of 51

$6.46

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.