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Tacrolimus Drug Level Blood Test

Kentucky 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.75$8.13 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$11.48 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $12

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
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.05
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.05
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
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.75

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 41st of 51

$11.75

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.