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Congo Red, Blood

Virginia rates for HCPCS P2029

Congo red, blood

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Congo Red, Blood cost?

$3.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $4.90 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$3.02$2.45 to $3.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.90$4.90 to $10.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $27Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5professional $3

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
$3.72
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.63
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.17
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
$5.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$11,481.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.90
4 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
$1.86
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.47

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$3.39

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.