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Tacrolimus Drug Level Blood Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 80197

This blood test measures the level of the immune-suppressing medication tacrolimus in the bloodstream. It is used to make sure a patient, often someone who has had an organ transplant, is receiving a safe and effective dose of the medication.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tacrolimus Drug Level Blood Test cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.91$7.08 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$15.14 to $15.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $15Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$20$50facility $15professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.00
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$15.14

AK $41.69MD $10.23

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.