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Peanut Allergy Threshold Dose Test

Illinois rates for HCPCS 0178U

Helps judge how much peanut a person with peanut allergy can be exposed to before a reaction becomes likely. It measures the blood response to peanut allergen and reports an estimated threshold dose rather than a probability of being allergic.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Peanut Allergy Threshold Dose Test cost?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$302 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$468 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,148Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $251 to $933
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $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
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
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
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in South Dakota than in Ohio. 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· 4th of 51

$646

SD $891OH $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.