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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Maryland 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 physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3.31 to $13.18.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $7 to $41Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $14
$2$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $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
$6.76
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$15.14
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$4.79

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 40th 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.