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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Vermont 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?

$7.08

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4.37 to $7.08.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $0 to $35Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$0.2$0.5$1$2$5$10$20facility $23professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$22.39

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 21st of 51

$7.08

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.