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Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

Massachusetts 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.01$3.02 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$9.33 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $12professional $5

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
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.60
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$14.45
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$23.99
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$22.91
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.62
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.85
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$8.51

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.