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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Kentucky 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?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 5 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$6.46$4.79 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$10.47 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $10,715Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $15
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $21professional $6

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
$20.89
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.79

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 24th of 51

$6.76

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.