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Peanut Allergy Epitope Blood Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0165U

Helps diagnose peanut allergy from a blood sample. It measures the response to individual pieces of the peanut allergen, known as epitopes, reports each of those results, and combines them into a probability that the person is allergic.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Peanut Allergy Epitope Blood Test cost?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 4 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$309$275 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$51.29 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $45 to $537Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $234 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $372professional $309

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
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$467.74

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Colorado 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.

Alabama· 47th of 51

$309

CO $776KY $275

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.