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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Montana 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 negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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$4.17$3.63 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$10.72 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $5 to $372Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $15professional $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
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$14.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.85
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.85
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.17

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 38th 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.