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Peanut Allergy Epitope Blood Test

Minnesota 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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$468$417 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$468 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,388Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $372 to $676
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,230professional $468

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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,388.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 16th of 51

$468

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.