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Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

Iowa 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3.02 to $13.18.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14
$2$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $8

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
$6.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$29.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$11.22
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
1 more rate 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
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$10.96

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.