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Peanut Allergy Threshold Dose Test

Pennsylvania 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 8 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$372$302 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$457 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,585Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $245 to $457
$200$500$1Kfacility $708professional $372

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
$389.05
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,148.15
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$691.83

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 29th of 51

$389

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.