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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Vermont 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?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.62 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$5.62$5.25 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$8.91 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $2 to $59Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $25professional $6

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.61
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$11.75

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 19th of 51

$5.62

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.