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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

South 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$6.03$4.17 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$24.55 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $7 to $741Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $48professional $6

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
$16.22
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$20.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$6.31

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 4th of 51

$10.96

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.