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Peanut Allergy Epitope Blood Test

Illinois 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 6 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$479$302 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$457 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $85 to $977Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $257 to $955
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $479

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
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 8th of 51

$562

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.