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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 October 2026.

How much does Peanut Allergy Epitope Blood Test cost?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$195 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$43.65 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $44 to $380Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $195 to $468
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $45professional $234

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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
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
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 309.0 times more in Alaska 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· 50th of 51

$44.67

AK $912KY $2.95

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.