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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Arizona 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $8.13 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$4.27$3.55 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.13$5.62 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $22
$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $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
$6.31
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 46th of 51

$4.27

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.