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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

New Mexico 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?

$3.39

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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$3.39$2.82 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$5.25 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $3 to $3,236Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $16
$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $13professional $3

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
$9.55
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56,234.13
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.92
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.80

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 46th of 51

$3.39

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.