go back

Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

Minnesota 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 6 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$10.96$10.00 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$10.96 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $10 to $81Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $11

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
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$81.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.49

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$10.96

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.