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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Virginia 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $6.92 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 8 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$3.98$3.98 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.92$5.37 to $13.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $28Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $7professional $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
$4.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$10.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.75
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.94
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$11.22
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$4.47

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.