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Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

Nebraska 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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$5.01$3.02 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$8.51 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $76Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14
$2$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$14.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$12.59
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
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 23rd of 51

$6.46

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.