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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82271

This is a laboratory test that uses a chemical reaction to detect hidden traces of blood in a body fluid sample other than stool, such as gastric contents. It gives a yes-or-no type result rather than an exact amount of blood present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid cost?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $6.46 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 4 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$4.47$3.55 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.46$5.37 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $4

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
$5.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Alabama· 11th of 51

$6.17

ND $7.94CT $3.24

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.