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Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

Alabama rates for HCPCS G0471

Collection of venous blood by venipuncture or urine sample by catheterization from an individual in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) or by a laboratory on behalf of a home health agency (HHA)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency cost?

$3.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.63 from a physician practice, and about $3.39 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.63$2.09 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.39$3.39 to $3.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20facility $3professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
31
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$5.01
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Montana than in West Virginia. 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.

Alabama· 45th of 51

$3.39

MT $15.85WV $3.02

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.