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Congo Red, Blood

Illinois rates for HCPCS P2029

Congo red, blood

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Congo Red, Blood cost?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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$4.07$3.16 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$5.89 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $60Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $13
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $4

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
$4.07
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.41
Typical High
$0.45
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$6.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$28.18
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Mississippi than in Kentucky. 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.

Illinois· 21st of 51

$4.90

MS $8.91KY $2.45

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.