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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Utah 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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 7 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$6.61$4.27 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$4.27 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $2 to $50Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$0.5$2$10$50facility $10professional $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
$2.34
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$0.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$16.22
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$44.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.17

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 25th of 51

$6.61

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.