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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

South Dakota 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$10.00$3.72 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$18.20 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $4 to $355Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $2 to $17
$2$10$50$200facility $95professional $10

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
$4.27
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.98
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.60
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
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$8.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 7th of 51

$10.00

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.