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Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

Georgia 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?

$3.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.02$2.00 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$6.17 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $39Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $78
$2$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $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
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$77.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$14.45
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$22.91
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
$1.66
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$1.74

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 46th of 51

$3.31

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.