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Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

Washington 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$2.63 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$11.22 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20facility $15professional $9

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
$4.27
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$30.20
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$29.51
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.88
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$29.51
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$29.51
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.72
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$20.42
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
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.98

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 12th of 51

$9.77

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.