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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Montana 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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$6.17$3.89 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$6.61 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $33Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $9professional $6

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
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$87,096.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.22
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.22
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 7th of 51

$6.61

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.