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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

New Mexico 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?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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 $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$7.94 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $4 to $45Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $35
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $17professional $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
$7.94
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.57

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 20th of 51

$5.62

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.