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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Nebraska 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$7.76$5.01 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$14.13 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $9 to $380Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$2$10$50$200facility $32professional $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
$11.48
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$66.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.91
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.76

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$8.13

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.