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Peanut Allergy Epitope Blood Test

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$550$490 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$537 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,698Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $234 to $603
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $550

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
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,548.13
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
$489.78

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 9th 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.