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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

West 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 5 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$8.91$2.95 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$16.98 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $2 to $51Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $9

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
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.72
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$30.90
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$5.50

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 5th of 51

$10.72

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.