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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Rhode Island 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 4 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$7.08$3.02 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$8.71 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5,129Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$10$100$1Kfacility $22professional $7

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
$22.39
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.37

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$7.08

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.