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Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

California 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.24$2.09 to $7.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$8.13 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $3 to $44Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $15
$2$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$12.59
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$14.45
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$10.23
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$19.50
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
$1.86
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.85

Where California 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.

California· 40th of 51

$4.27

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.