go back

Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Tennessee 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?

$4.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$4.17$3.98 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$4.79 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $4 to $71Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $5
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $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
$4.17
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.41
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.37

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 48th of 51

$4.17

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.