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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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$4.27$4.17 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$5.37 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$5$10$20$50facility $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
$3.80
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.76
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$7.76
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$9.33
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$13.18
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.41

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 37th 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.