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Peanut Allergy Epitope Blood Test

North Carolina 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$363$309 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$372 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,188Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $234 to $417
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $363

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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$467.74
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$372

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.