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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Maryland 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $4.17 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$4.27$3.98 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.17$2.95 to $12.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$2$5$10$20facility $4professional $4

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
$2.95
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$12.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$11.75
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.75
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$4.27

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.