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Tacrolimus Drug Level Blood Test

Illinois 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.47$8.51 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$18.62 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $15 to $98Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $10

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
$11.75
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$24.55
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$177.83
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.05
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.75

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 50th of 51

$10.47

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.