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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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 9 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$4.79 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$6.17 to $15.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$10$100$1Kfacility $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
$3.09
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$14.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.91
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.71
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$11.48
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.30

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 26th 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.