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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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 4 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$8.91$3.98 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$2.57 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $2 to $14Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $2 to $18
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $8professional $9

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
$2.19
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.75

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 12th 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.