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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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$3.89$2.88 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$6.31 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $45Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $11professional $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
$6.31
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.72
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 27th 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.