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Peanut Allergy Threshold Dose Test

West Virginia 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $692 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$355$347 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$575 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $380 to $692Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $195 to $389
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $355

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
$380.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 37th of 51

$372

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.