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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Maine 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?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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$5.37$2.82 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$13.80 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $4 to $257Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$1$5$20$100facility $50professional $5

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
$4.27
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$7.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$0.63
Typical High
$0.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.12
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.32
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.30

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 33rd of 51

$5.37

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.