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Laboratory Animal Inoculation Test

North Carolina 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?

$22.39

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9.12 to $56.23.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $9 to $100Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $11 to $41
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $23

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
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 50

$22.39

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.