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Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

Connecticut 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 July 2026.

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

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, 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 $13.80 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 $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$6.76 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $5 to $31Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$2$5$10$20facility $14professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$14.45
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$19.95

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in South Dakota than in California. 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.

Connecticut· 36th of 51

$5.62

SD $11.75CA $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.