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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Colorado 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?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 7 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$4.07$3.55 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$7.76 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $33Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $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
$4.07
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.75
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.22
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.01

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 30th of 51

$5.01

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.