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Laboratory Animal Inoculation Test

Illinois rates for HCPCS 87001

A specialized laboratory method in which prepared material from a sample is inoculated into a small laboratory animal, so an infectious organism or toxin in that sample can be identified from the response it produces. It is reserved for a few agents that ordinary culture methods cannot show reliably.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laboratory Animal Inoculation Test cost?

$36.31

Typical facility fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $25.70 to $69.18.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $23 to $71Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $20 to $347
$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $126

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Massachusetts than in Oklahoma. 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· 3rd of 50

$36.31

MA $100OK $9.12

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.