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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Illinois 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?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 6 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$4.57$4.07 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$6.61 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $126Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $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
$4.57
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.32
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.30
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.62

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 25th of 51

$5.37

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.