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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Idaho 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?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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$5.13$4.27 to $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$5.37 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20facility $10professional $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
$9.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.92
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.62
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 18th of 51

$5.62

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.