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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Virginia 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?

$3.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.88 from a physician practice, and about $6.17 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$2.88$2.40 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$3.16 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $35Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6professional $3

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
$2.40
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$6.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$10.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.47
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$4.79

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 48th of 51

$3.02

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.