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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Iowa 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?

$5.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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$5.37$4.07 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$5.37 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $35
$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $5

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
$12.59
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$14.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$11.75
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$11.75
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$5.89

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.