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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Nebraska 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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$5.37$3.55 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$6.61 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $4 to $33Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $35
$2$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $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
$7.94
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.72

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$7.94

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.