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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Louisiana 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?

$3.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $4.37 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$3.02$2.82 to $3.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.37$2.88 to $6.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $22Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $3
$1$5$20$100$500facility $4professional $3

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
$2.88
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.17

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 50th of 51

$3.02

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.