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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Kansas 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 Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $4.47 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$4.17$3.09 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.47$4.17 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$0.5$1$2$5$10$20facility $4professional $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
$5.62
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$8.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.01

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 41st 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.