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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Tennessee 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $8.91 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$6.31$3.02 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$2.57 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $2 to $31Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $17
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $9professional $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
$2.19
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.01

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$7.24

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.