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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Kansas 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $8.91 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$4.68$4.68 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$5.75 to $10.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$10$20facility $9professional $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
$5.50
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.61

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 21st of 51

$5.50

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.