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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

North Carolina 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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 8 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$5.13$3.63 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$8.13 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $4 to $132Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$0.5$2$10$50$200facility $17professional $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
$8.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$25.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.42
Typical High
$2.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$4.17
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$6.17

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.