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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 4 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$3.39$3.39 to $3.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$6.31 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $21Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20facility $10professional $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
$5.37
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.46

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 36th 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.