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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Missouri 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $12.59 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$7.59$5.01 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.59$7.76 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $117Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14
$1$5$20$100$500facility $13professional $8

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
$6.92
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$9.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.37

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th of 51

$7.94

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.