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Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

Colorado 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.61$4.47 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$15.14 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $9 to $52Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $22
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $7

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
$3.16
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$14.45
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$30.20
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$7.41
3 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.70

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 13th of 51

$9.77

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.