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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

New York 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?

$4.57

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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 9 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$3.47$2.40 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$5.37 to $12.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $3

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
$3.72
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$9.12
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$25.70
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.02
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$10.23
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.62
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$12.02
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.72
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.02

Where New York 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 York· 38th of 51

$4.57

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.