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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

New Jersey 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$3.80$2.88 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$4.68 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $3 to $3,981Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $20professional $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
$4.68
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$13.49
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$10.47
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$14,454.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.01

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 36th of 51

$4.68

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.