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Peanut Allergy Epitope Blood Test

Kentucky 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.57 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$2.57$2.57 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$380 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,122Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $575
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $575professional $3

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
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$46,773.51
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$275

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.