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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Massachusetts 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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 9 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$9.55$5.25 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$4.68 to $8.32

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $28Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $20
$10$100$1Kfacility $7professional $10

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
$7.08
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.99
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$11.75
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$26.30
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.02

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$8.91

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.